Pres. Joe Biden Administration To Restart Border Wall Construction After Scrapping Former Pres. Donald Trump's Border Wall Plans
Central American immigrants walk between a newly built Bollard-style border fence and the older "legacy" fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on February 01, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The migrants later turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, seeking political asylum in the United States. John Moore/Getty Images

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has decided to resume the border wall construction after initially fighting former President Donald Trump's border wall plans.

The Biden administration will now continue the construction of a long section of wall in Texas as the current administration struggles with the growing migrant crisis at the border, according to The Daily Wire report.

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin said that the news outlet had confirmed through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the border construction in the Rio Grande Valley will resume after pressure from residents and politicians.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that he had a conversation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees last month.

During the discussion, Mayorkas opened that the administration was considering finishing the holes left in the wall.

Biden Administration Cancelling Border Wall Construction

Pres. Biden has signed an executive order on January 20 about the border wall construction during the Trump administration.

Under the proclamation, Biden stated that the federal government would no longer use taxpayers' money to construct a border wall, according to a USA Today report.

Biden earlier said that the U.S. has the right to secure its borders. However, he added that building a wall is not a serious policy solution.

The president noted that it is a waste of money that diverts focus from the real threats in the U.S.

Secretaries of involved agencies, such as Defense and Homeland Security, were mandated to develop a plan for the redirection of funds.

The signed executive order did not state whether the border wall would be torn down.

Biden has earlier said that there will not be another foot of wall built during his administration.

Biden's official website earlier said that he would divert the funds on the border wall to other resources, such as smart border enforcement efforts and improving screening infrastructure.

Trump's Border Wall

Around 654 miles of the border wall were already in place before Trump became president in 2017.

The border wall covers the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, according to a BBC News report.

The Trump administration announced that they had completed more than 400 miles of a border wall since then.

Trump earlier claimed in 2016 that Mexico would pay for the wall. However, this did not push through.

The federal government has to pay for the wall, which caused arguments between the Trump administration and Congress about funding it.

In January 2018, Trump had asked Congress to pay $18 billion over the next decade for the next construction of the border wall.

However, Trump failed to procure funds, which led the former president to use national emergency powers in 2019 to divert funds from the Defense Department.

The Customs and Border Protection face over 173,000 immigrants crossing the U.S. from the border with Mexico, which is a slight increase from March, according to an NBC News report.

The CBP said that 62.5 percent of migrants were expelled under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authority.

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