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I think it will be started--or Re-started-to be built fairly soon (portions of it-not all). There will be lots of photo ops, pomp, etc. Trump will take credit for it and his fans will be happy.
Why Trump cant simply build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border with an executive order
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/why-trump-cant-simply-build-a-wall-along-the-us-mexico-border-with-an-executive-order/2017/01/25/6b49de32-e319-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.7f6cdc761576
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U.S. Border Patrol agents guard the U.S.-Mexico border in November. (Sandy Huffaker/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)
By Jerry Markon and Lisa Rein January 25 at 8:19 PM
President Trumps proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border cannot be built with only the executive order he signed Wednesday and its construction will require congressional approval, border experts and former federal officials said.
While Trump can start the wall by shifting around existing federal funds, he will need Congress to appropriate the $20 billion and perhaps significantly more required to complete the massive structure, the experts and former officials said.
How is he going to fund it? You need money! Rand Beers, a former acting Department of Homeland Security secretary in the Obama administration, said Wednesday. Hes got to have the money. And you cant reprogram all that money without congressional authorization.
Trumps order, signed during a visit Wednesday to the Department of Homeland Security, mandates that DHS Secretary John F. Kelly immediately plan, design, and construct a physical wall along the southern border......................................................
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(1,735 posts)Also, federal construction contracts need to be vetted and follow many rules and regulations. I that will take months and months of negotiations. Many Trumpites will be very disappointed