Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is poised to run out the clock on former President Donald Trump’s border wall, leaving potentially billions of dollars in unspent money and hundreds of miles of fencing unfinished.
Some $200 million in wall money will expire in September at the end of this fiscal year, according to the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Kay Granger. Another $2.6 billion more will expire in coming years, she said.
Mr. Mayorkas, carrying out Mr. Biden’s campaign promise not to build another foot of wall, has largely resisted his own agents’ entreaties, rejecting their expertise and telling them what they really need are more personnel and technology. Mr. Biden’s election upended those plans: He issued orders revoking Mr. Trump’s emergency declaration and returning the Pentagon’s money to the Defense Department. And he halted all wall construction.That’s the cash Republicans say Mr. Mayorkas should spend — and that he’s been slow-walking,But he also acknowledged the government is having to pay money to store wall-building materials,The Washington Times asked the Department of Homeland Security about the $200 million Ms.
“We already did all that. All that was already done,” Mr. Morgan said. “How long does that take? They’ve been in this administration 25 months.” “He’s taking credit for that,” Mr. Morgan said. “He has not built any wall. He has installed a couple of gates that agents are begging for, for agent safety reasons.”
“With all due respect, it’s a 14th-century solution to a 21st-century problem,” Mr. Cuellar said. “I can spend $36 million on a mile of fencing, and all I need is $100 to buy a ladder to take care of that particular fence.”
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