Biden is using border wall funds, previously allocated by Congress to construct the border wall, on addressing 'environmental' issues.
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security is spending border wall funds, previously allocated by Congress to construct a wall along the United States-Mexico border, on addressing “life, safety, [and] environmental,” issues.the administration’s plans to spend American taxpayer money on a host of issues, including environmental restoration, rather than expanding on the border’s existing wall constructed during the Trump administration.
As part of that effort, Mayorkas said in a news release that DHS is moving “forward with projects in the San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, El Paso, and Rio Grande Valley Sectors to address life, safety, environmental, or other remediation requirements in accordance with [DHS’s] plan for the use of border barrier funds.
to address current life and safety risks posed to Agents and migrants due to regular train operations. [Emphasis added]
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