Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Customs and Border Protection Releases Drone Video Showing Huge New Wall System in Previously Problematic Spot

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released drone footage over the weekend showing miles of new border wall going up in southwest Arizona.

"CBP has constructed over 60 miles of new border wall system along the SW border since 2017 and expects to complete 450 miles by the end of 2020," the agency tweeted.

It also included video demonstrating how the 10-foot barrier the new wall system is replacing failed to impede illegal entries.

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New border barrier fencing is going up along a 46-mile stretch west of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, according to ABC News affiliate KNXV-TV. These projects are being funded with money President Donald Trump reallocated from the Defense Department via executive order earlier this year.

About 700 miles of various forms of fencing or barriers exist along the nation's 1,954-mile border with Mexico.

According to the Border Patrol, the number of apprehensions of those trying to cross the border illegally in the sector dropped from approximately 162,000 at the peak in 2008 to 26,000 in 2017.

https://www.westernjournal.com/customs-border-protection-releases-drone-video-showing-huge-new-wall-system-previously-problematic-spot/

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