Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, announced Monday afternoon that he had given U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorization to press forward with Arizona, California, and Texas projects. The new sign-offs are in addition to several announced in June and July to address “urgent life, safety, environmental, or other remediation required to protect border communities.”
The new construction activity will include closing small gaps of the border wall and gates that allow vehicles through, completing or installing drainage systems, finishing or installing permanent erosion control and slope stabilization measures. Completing access roads that Border Patrol agents use to drive along the border, remediating areas that were used to hold construction materials, and casting away materials that are no longer required are also part of the plan.
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Projects are slated for San Diego and El Centro in California, Yuma and Tucson in Arizona, and El Paso and Del Rio in Texas. Non-utilized funding from the billions made available for the 700 miles of total wall construction during the Trump Administration will fund these new projects. However, the DHS did not mention a dollar amount. The majority of incomplete projects are in southeastern Arizona.
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“Work will be completed within the Tucson, El Paso, and Yuma Sectors to address safety concerns by closing construction access gaps that were left open at the time of the border barrier construction pause, and will also include adding missing gates, addressing incomplete foundations, and connecting power to gates that are already hung but are currently inoperable,” DHS said in a statement.
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“Rescue gates provide access for Border Patrol agents and first responders to access irrigation canals in emergency situations where the water is fast-moving and extremely dangerous. These emergency rescue gates are currently inoperable due to missing hardware or being welded shut."
CBP will look at additional fixes required in the San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, El Paso, and Del Rio regions. The federal agency will focus on finishing “drainage and erosion control measures, safety work on border and access roads, and remediation of temporary use areas used for construction.” The new undertakings are in addition to others undertaken in July in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and El Centro and San Diego.
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President Joe Biden stopped wall construction after taking office in late January and ordered his government to examine all $15 billion in wall spending, of which $4 billion came from Congress, and $10.5 billion was redirected by former President Donald Trump from the Defense Department. Of the $10.5 billion in money diverted from the Pentagon, just $2 billion is left.
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