ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

If the article cited below is correct, 3/4 of a mile of border wall in about 3 months is pretty pathetic! Anyone here on OPP have more information on this subject to share?
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(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection has put up just 1.7 miles of fencing with the $1.57 billion that Congress appropriated last year for President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border, a federal judge was told.

A lawyer for the U.S. House of Representatives provided the information Tuesday to the judge in Oakland, California, who is weighing requests from 20 state attorneys general and the the Sierra Club to block Trump from using funds not authorized by Congress to build the wall.

"The administration recently provided updated information to Congress on the status of its efforts as of April 30, 2019," the attorney, Douglas Letter, said in a court filing. "Based on that updated information, it appears that CBP has now constructed 1.7 miles of fencing with its fiscal year 2018 funding."

That was 3/4 of a mile more than the administration reported at the end of February, Letter said.

U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam had asked for the information at a May 17 hearing.

Representatives of Customs and Border Protection didn't immediately respond to a request for comment after regular business hours.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/federal-wall-funding-of-1-57-billion-yields-1-7-miles-of-fence-1.1262220

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

I found this article that is very informative....https://www.fairus.org/issue/national-security/current-state-border-fence

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Thanks. I think this explains the situation pretty well:

"In spite of congressional obstruction, on March 27, the Pentagon handed the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) $1 billion – out of the $6.1 billion in defense funds – to build 57 miles of fencing. On April 9, the USACE awarded a $789 million fixed-price contract for barrier replacement in Santa Teresa (New Mexico) to SLS, and a $187 million design-bid-build contract for primary pedestrian wall replacement in Yuma (Arizona) to Barnard. These were the first contracts utilizing emergency declaration funds. Ten days later, on April 19, the USACE started prequalifying contractors for $8 billion in construction work. According to a construction industry news and analysis site, “the Pentagon is [now] ready to mobilize nearly the full emergency fund amount for projects which will include wall, levee, fencing, access roads, gates, repairs and more.”

In late April 2019, DHS issued two waivers facilitating more rapid construction within the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma and El Paso sectors in Arizona and Texas. “The projects covered by the waivers include up to approximately 53 miles of new bollard wall in place of dilapidated and outdated designs, in addition to, road construction and improvement and lighting installation.” (The waivers were published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2019.)"

One would expect that 3 months from now, there should be considerable progress on wall construction. At least one would hope. We are talking about the federal government here.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Your final paragraph sums it ip to a tee!!!

Time to stop talking and put action in motion... Obstruction delays are old and without merit!!

Did you happen to see where Pelosi denies the dems ever saying there was not a crisis at the border??? WTH~~

This flaming i***t really thought she’d get over on that lie?? And then has the audacity to say its Trumps’ fault???

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/pelosi-we-have-never-not-said-there-was-crisis-border

Kevyn

Typical Trump smoke and mirrors, lots of your money pissed away with little result.

TrueAmerican

Stupidity is no excuse for hatred !!!!!!

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

True, yet stupidity and h**e certainly define the character of a person~~