Wall

Many things were done by the Biden administration that caused some consternation among the general public and one was the material to build the wall along the southern border. The material was already delivered and paid for but was not allowed to be used. More than $100 million worth of taxpayer-paid border wall materials have been discarded and are going to waste in Texas after President Biden ended the construction of the barrier when he entered office. 10,000 steel panels, enough to build 100 miles of wall are rusting in the sun in Pharr, TX. While the arguments for and against the border wall continue around the world things are different. When the wall came down in Germany there were only a dozen walls around the world but today there are 74 border walls so they are useful in some places. Here is article from Homeland Security in 2020. Since the US Border Patrol began constructing border barriers nearly 30 years ago, these barriers have proved to be a critical component in gaining operational control of the border. In 2006, the US Senate voted 80 to 19 to pass the Secure Fence Act which authorized construction of a physical barrier. It funded 738 miles of wall along the southern border. Why these materials were allowed to go to waste is difficult to understand.