WH Official: Trump To Visit Texas To See Border Wall Construction – A 'Promise Kept' – The Political Insider

President Donald Trump will spend a part of his final full week in workplace in Alamo, Texas checking on the progress of the wall on the U.S. southern border. Roughly 450 miles of border wall have been accomplished so far.

The border wall was the signature marketing campaign promise issued by Trump and his administration. 

Trump’s Border Wall – “Guarantees Stored”

The President’s go to to watch the continuing wall development comes as Congress considers a vote of impeachment stemming from final week’s violent protests in Washington D.C. 

An unidentified Senior White Home official introduced the go to, which is able to occur on Tuesday.

“President Trump is predicted to journey to Alamo, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the completion of greater than 400 miles of border wall — a promise made, promise stored — and his Administration’s efforts to reform our damaged immigration system,” the White House official told Fox News.

Republicans are combating to make our borders stronger and safer.

President Trump and his Administration have delivered on their promise to put in 450 miles of border wall alongside the U.S.-Mexico border by the tip of 2020. ↓
https://t.co/q0u3psgc7X

— Home Republicans (@HouseGOP) January 6, 2021

Constructing a wall alongside the U.S.-Mexico border was a mainstay matter in the course of the 2016 presidential election as then candidate Trump traveled the nation. “Construct the wall!” was a typical chant amongst Trump’s supporters at his rallies.

The concept behind constructing a border wall was to guard the roughly 1000 miles that doesn’t have any pure obstacles. Trump had promised to have 450 miles accomplished by the tip of 2020.

Congress not too long ago handed an omnibus spending invoice that included $16 billion in funding.

Nonetheless Acting Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Mark Morgan said that the $1.375 billion included in that package was sufficient to finish at the least 800 miles of border wall.

Along with the finished 450 miles, there’s one other 350 miles prepared with funding to go within the floor. The contracts for these elements of the wall have already been awarded.  

Commissioner Mark Morgan celebrated the completion of 450 miles of “new border wall methods” on the finish of 2020. https://t.co/zZdKEQudtI

— Breitbart Information (@BreitbartNews) January 6, 2021

Biden Could Halt Border Building

Building on the wall might halt throughout the subsequent few weeks, nevertheless.

Based on an article within the Dallas Morning Information, Biden has stated that, whereas he wouldn’t tear down any current wall, however he would stop development of any future stretches of wall.

Biden says he favors a, “high-tech digital wall to make sure border safety.” 

In an article within the Washington Post, the Publish claims it has reviewed estimates by the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers, and that if Biden had been to discontinue development, it will save the U.S. authorities $2.6 million. 

Nonetheless, If Biden had been to halt development, that would go away the the U.S. authorities, and in flip, taxpayers on the hook for billions of in settlement charges ought to these contracts be abandoned. 

Makes an attempt to halt border wall development fully, as President-elect Biden promised, will show troublesome, significantly if contracts proceed to be struck — a problem performing Customs and Border Safety Commissioner Mark Morgan acknowledged https://t.co/F0bYtt3EIp

— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2021

CBP Commissioner Morgan additionally went on to say that, not solely would strolling away rom the challenge price taxpayers in funds, it would also cost “1000’s of jobs.”