It’s been revealed that partial construction, on the border wall, has begun on a small stretch of land on the Texas border. President Trump mentioned he was going to do this at a campaign rally in El Paso, tweeting the following.
We’ve actually started a big, big portion of the wall today at a very important location, and it’s going to go up pretty quickly over the next nine months,
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However, many in the media were skeptical of President Trumps claims, especially considering that adequate funding to Homeland Security has yet to happen. However, Edie Scarry, from the Washington Examiner, who previously dismissed Trump's claims, is reporting the following.
I'm happy to say I was wrong. Trump was telling the truth. I checked in with agents at the Rio Grande Valley border sector to see if they knew what new "wall" Trump was talking about. They sent me information on construction for new border barrier announced last year. The project funds six miles-worth of concrete and steel barrier of the sort that agents told me in January is immensely successful in deterring illegal border crossings.
Solid work, President Trump. We salute you!
Looks like this would be easy to climb. Need razor wire about midway up and along the top. However, I am glad they’re doing something!
I don’t think the article is talking about the one in the picture since the new one is made of concrete and steel.
I believe you are right . An other picture should have been selected…a real one showing the construction .
The above may be a picture of an old barrier, I hope so. I like the steel slat wall because it would be next to impossible to climb and even if you managed to get a ladder up to the top, then you have that 20 foot drop on the other side to contend with. That means they will have to tunnel under it. On the Texas border, that means tunneling under the Rio Grande, and that is no small task.
Build the wall and put the GD democrats on the other side.
Send the Demonazis to Venezuela for about ten years.
AMEN BRO!!
That is the old fencing!
The $1.375B the Dems are offering Trump is a pittance and insulting. Dems have no problem pissing away $180B/year on illegals and much more on entitlements to people who won’t work. It is not about the money (which again is a pittance), it’s political because Trump wants his wall. A total disgrace by Democrats who care more about taking down Trump than improving America. They all ought to be hung!! MAGA!!
The more Democrats resist the better! If the issue were settled Trump could not use it as effectively in 2020. Thanks for the help in turning out our vote Democrats!
I agree. Anything politicians do should be for the benefit of the American citizens – our freedoms, our lives, our security, our jobs and our homes – they should not be laws to protect someone who enters our borders illegally. We Americans work hard and it is our tax dollars that are used for all projects happening in our Country. That being said – our tax dollars should be used for us and our security and well being. That is not what the democrats and rogue republicans are doing. Their hatred for our President (the one who the American people voted for because we did not like the way our Country was headed – is standing in the way of the democrats and traitor republicans from doing their jobs. They work for us. They are suppose to take care of us, our families, our Country – not illegal aliens and foreign refugees. The democrats are ruining our Country – the way our forefather founded America. They are trying to make our Country a socialist/communist Country. This is not okay. I want our Country to remain the way our forefathers made it. It did us right all of these years. I do not understand why anyone would want to change it. I want to continue with “In God We Trust”, I want to continue with our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, our National Anthem, our flag. Sure wouldn’t hurt to put God back in our schools and display THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. I love the immigrants that come to America the legal way. When they do it the legal way you know that their hearts are really into becoming Americans – living as Americans (working, paying their own way, paying taxes, honoring our Country, our laws, our flag, our language. Real immigrants don’t come into a country and try to change it. It is not fair to them that they came the right way – but others come here illegally. I believe that if the illegals were not allowed to freeload off of the American taxpayers they would not come. That is the main reason they come here. The word has gotten out around the world that you will be given free housing, food stamps, free medical, free utilities, free schooling, free college educations, etc. They also know that there are businesses here that will hire you knowing full well that you are an illegal. They also know that they will not have to pay taxes on their wages. Basically they can work and get welfare. That is how they are still sending money overseas to other countries they are from. That is not helping our economy at all. On top of that the welfare is draining our economy also. In a nut shell: A nation without borders is like a human body without skin. It bleeds out and infections enter. It leads to death. Protect the borders.
Donna I could not have said it better Trump is the People’s President we put him there we will keep him there .
WAKE UP AMERICA STILL WORK TO BE DONE BY THE PEOPLE
LIMITED TERMS THROW OUT THESE OLD TIMERS THEY HAVE LOST THE SIGHT OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE WERE LEFT A BEAUTIFIL COUNTRY AND AS TIME CHANGE WE WERE BUSY IN OUR LIVES AND TOOK OUR EYES OFF WASHINGTON
WE THE PEOPLE LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
NO MORE WE ARE AWAKE AND WE WILL KEEP OUR EYES ON YOU
GOD BLESS AMERICA
GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND YOU AND ME
You really nailed it. Agree 100%.
AMEN
don”t let the plane load of money obama sent to iran ,go forgotten.
That’s framework, I believe in concrete speak, it’s called a form. You have to pour the concrete in something
Keith, that is NOT a form. That is an older section of wall/fence made from military style steel planking.
This fence in the photo is the old inadequate fencing. The new wall was worked on for 10 years and it is two very thick panels of steel with reinforced dense concrete inside the panels. It will have ground sensors for detecting digging under, high tech cameras and sensors on top, and holes in it to allow border patrol agents to see if 2, 10 or 200 are on the Mexican side of the wall.
Begin with this 55 – 70 miles of the wall, then add the new 55 – 70 miles of wall, then seize the many billions of El Chapo, the Mexican murderer and drug kingpin and use this “Mexican” money to construct the WALL-barrier.
I am very unhappy with Trump excepting a crappy partial what they call a wall.It looks like the Democrates are running the country. A big mess.
I can’t wait until the next president tears the stupid wall down.
For God’s sake, think before you write! You sound like a window licking leftists.
you fall in the head from top of the 6 meters steel wall . you are enemy of USA;
I am very unhappy with the deal that Trump was given by the crazy Democrates and i think a crappy wall like this is a waste of time and money.Looks like the Democrates are running the show.This is a waste of time and our money.Should of shut the government down .Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for the enemies to dance through our country.
I put down my name and email and you still will not put in my comment.Why is this???????????????????????
Jenny – they used the wrong picture of the wall. That’s an old one unlike the steel fence Trump is preparing to build.
I would volunteer for guard duty
If we built a wide wall like China with guards every 500’, and I could carry an assault rifle with scope, and I could shoot anyone I witnessed climb over and touch American soil, I would quit my job today and sign up. As a doctor I could go down and administer first aid or pronounce them DOA too. I would also use my vacation time to help build the wall. As a patriot American who did not serve, that is my commitment to protect our freedom.
As long as Americans insist on electing Democrats, we can expect massive resistance to protecting our Southern border. Democrats need the clients and eventual voters to legally enact tyranny in this country.
This is a very cheap but over all costly imitation of a wall. It is not of design
or structure to prevent illegal crossings. Actually it makes it easy for fast crossing
almost as if there is no wall. Most who cross this will be drug and terrorist types.
A wall with so many handholds must not be used. Someone had better take some
real action and start removing Dem politicians and do so first with Pelosi. A move
of a decertification election or to use the Congressional rule that is currently being
used to charge a politician now for violating the rule that they must not do anything
that causes a credibility issue against the party. Well all democrats seem to be donig
just that. they are destroying permanently the credibility of the entire party. They are
leaning to Socialism which is no more than the old Communism and Nazism. All of
this must be stopped immediately. It is akin to treason!
Americans don’t elect democraps, traitors and illegals do. The term “American” is very misused. It is a word that can only describe someone who supports and defends the Constitution and rights of the people – neither of which are done by demoncraps!
😡 **WE THE PEOPLE**LATEST NEWS**RISE UP PEOPLE**FLOOD THE PHONE LINES**NO COMPROMISE ON THE $5 BILLION BORDER WALL**THE TIME IS NOW**TRUMP CANNOT DO IT ALONE**THE WALL COMES FIRST** “WE STRONGLY” SUPPORT ANOTHER SHUTDOWN OR AN EXC-ACTION, PERIOD!!