We’re suing the government over border wall spending records | Reveal
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Nearly 10 months after we asked the federal government for records detailing how much it has spent to build a border wall, Reveal from The #Center_for_Investigative_Reporting (CIR) is suing for that information.
Last March, reporter Andrew Becker asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection for records showing the costs of buying land and building fence along the country’s 2,000-mile southern border. After the government dragged its feet for months on our request, we filed suit in U.S. District Court this week seeking the records.
We sued because the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires the government to release records in a timely manner. There are a few narrow exceptions to releasing records and this case isn’t one of them.
President Donald Trump made building a wall along the border with Mexico a signature campaign promise, repeatedly vowing to make Mexico pay for it.
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