• So How Much Will Donald Trump’s Border Wall Cost?

    Donald Trump has made building a wall with Mexico the centerpiece of his campaign. Yet he doesn’t even list a price estimate for such a wall. Yet America’s attempt to build a wall under the Bush Administration has given us some idea about how much such an endeavor would cost. And it’s not just the price tag that will undercut public support for the wall. Republicans, Independents and Democrats have come to recognize that such a plan wouldn’t work.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-a-tures/so-how-much-will-donald-t_b_10404382.html

    #coût #barrières_frontalières #murs #business #frontières #USA #Etats-Unis
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    • Progress and Challenges with the Use of Technology, Tactical Infrastructure, and Personnel to Secure the Southwest Border

      CBP spent about $2.3 billion to deploy fencing from fiscal years 2007 through 2015 and constructed 654 miles of fencing by 2015. The Border Patrol has reported that border fencing supports agents’ ability to respond to illicit cross-border activities by slowing the progress of illegal entrants. #GAO reported in February 2017 that CBP was taking a number of steps in sustaining tactical infrastructure—such as fencing, roads, and lighting—along the southwest border. However, CBP has not developed metrics that systematically use data it collects to assess the contributions of border fencing to its mission, as GAO has recommended. CBP concurred with the recommendation and plans to develop metrics by January 2019. Further, CBP established the Border Wall System Program in response to a January 2017 executive order that called for the immediate construction of a southwest border wall. This program is intended to replace and add to existing barriers along the southwest border. In April 2017, DHS leadership gave CBP approval to procure barrier prototypes, which are intended to help inform new design standards for the border wall system.


      https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-397T

      Pour télécharger le #rapport:
      https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690679.pdf