Trump’s military funding for the border wall will be suspended Donald Trump News

The Biden administration has said it will also repair flooding caused by unfinished parts of the wall and soil erosion.

On Friday, the Pentagon said it had suspended construction of parts of former President Donald Trump border wall they were building using military funds with Mexico, the unused money was returned to the soldiers.

Trump claimed national emergency in 2019 In an effort to channel funding for the construction of a wall on the southern border of the United States.

President Joe Biden made the proclamation on January 20, his first day, ordered the freezing of border wall projects and led a review of the legality of his funding and procurement methods.

“The Department of Defense continues to suspend all projects to build border fences originally paid for other military missions and missions, such as military infant schools, foreign military construction projects in partner countries and National Guard and Reserve equipment account.” Pentagon spokesman Jamal Brown said in a statement. in a.

Brown said the returned funds will be used for delayed military construction projects.

As of Jan. 15, the government had spent $ 6.1 billion on $ 10.8 billion contracted, a Democratic Senate aide who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press.

Publicly, the Trump administration said it had raised $ 15 billion for the wall. The Senate aide said it’s actually $ 16.45 million, and $ 5.8 million from Congress and the rest deviated From the Departments of Defense and Finance.

Trumpena diversion of funds The Pentagon was heavily criticized by lawmakers for saying it endangered national security and avoided Congress.

Construction of border walls near agricultural land in Progreson, Texas [File: Julio Cortez/AP Photo]

In 2019 alone, the military said more than 120 U.S. military constructions would affect Trump’s moves.

The Biden administration said on Friday that work will begin to address the risks of flooding and erosion of unfinished parts of the wall.

The construction “threw big holes” in the flood barrier system in the lower Rio Grande Valley regions of Texas, the Department of Homeland Security said. He said the flood barrier system would “fix it quickly” without widening the wall.

Authorities in Hidalgo County, Texas have sounded the alarm about the risk of flooding during a flood season in June due to a breakdown in a waterfront system.

The department said it will fix “inadequate compaction of soil and building materials” on parts of the 22.4-kilometer (14-mile) fence in San Diego and will soon present plans to repair additional “damage” to the construction of the boundary walls. The San Diego Wall is largely located in uninhabited stretches, in areas restricted to Border Patrol agents.