However, Thursday’s announcement emphasized that the funding allocated during Trump’s term in 2019 had to be spent as required by law.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims that there was “no new Administration policy with respect to border walls” and reaffirmed that the Biden administration had consistently maintained that a border wall was not the answer to the immigration issue.
Former President Trump was quick to claim victory and demand an apology for the delay in resuming wall construction. Trump contended, “As I have stated often, over thousands of years, there are only two things that have consistently worked, wheels, and walls!”
Democrats now: Immigration “breaking the bank”
President Biden’s decision to proceed with extending the border wall will undoubtedly draw criticism from his left-leaning base, including immigration advocates and environmentalists who oppose further construction.
In a notice published in the Federal Register, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security cited the need to waive several laws, regulations, and legal requirements to construct barriers in Starr County, Texas, where Border Patrol agents have encountered more than 245,000 people entering the US this fiscal year.
