Border wall work begins in downtown #Calexico
Customs and Border Protection is replacing a little more than two miles in downtown Calexico, a sliver of the president’s plan for a “big, beautiful wall” with Mexico. A barrier built in the 1990s from recycled metal scraps and landing mat will be torn down for bollard-style posts that are 30 feet high, significantly taller than existing walls.
The administration is seeking $18 billion to extend the wall. Efforts to pay for it as part of a broader immigration package that would include granting legal status for people who came to the county as young children failed in the Senate last week.
In November, #SWF_Constructors of Omaha, Neb., won a contract for $18 million to replace the wall in Calexico, about 120 miles east of #San_Diego. It encompasses an area bisected by the #New_River, where smugglers are known to guide people through polluted waters. The project, which includes a bridge over the river, is expected to take 300 days.
▻http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-wall-20180221-story.html
#murs #barrières_frontalières #frontières #Mexique #USA #Etats-Unis #it_has_begun