Amid a surge of migrants crossing into the country, the administration is moving forward with construction of 18-foot tall steel fencing along about 17 miles of land near the Rio Grande in south Texas, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
The notice describes the area as one where Border Patrol agents have seen high numbers of people crossing between ports of entry.
The notice cites powers given to the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive environmental laws and other restrictions to speed up the construction of barriers and roads along the U.S. border.
The Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector in Southeast Texas is considered an area of “high illegal entry,” the notice states, and Border Patrol agents encountered more than 245,000 people trying to enter the US between ports of entry in that area during the 10 months leading up to early August.
“It shall be the policy of my Administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall,” Biden wrote in the Federal Register on Jan. 20, 2021.
On Thursday, Biden ended that pause, using money Congress allocated in 2019 to build high barriers along a section of the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, that winds south from the Falcon Dam to McAllen.
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Amid a surge of migrants crossing into the country, the administration is moving forward with construction of 18-foot tall steel fencing along about 17 miles of land near the Rio Grande in south Texas, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
The notice describes the area as one where Border Patrol agents have seen high numbers of people crossing between ports of entry.
The notice cites powers given to the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive environmental laws and other restrictions to speed up the construction of barriers and roads along the U.S. border.
The Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector in Southeast Texas is considered an area of “high illegal entry,” the notice states, and Border Patrol agents encountered more than 245,000 people trying to enter the US between ports of entry in that area during the 10 months leading up to early August.
“It shall be the policy of my Administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall,” Biden wrote in the Federal Register on Jan. 20, 2021.
On Thursday, Biden ended that pause, using money Congress allocated in 2019 to build high barriers along a section of the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas, that winds south from the Falcon Dam to McAllen.
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