Washington Examiner: The Department of Homeland Security has selected six
companies that it will award up to $2.4 billion to build four concrete
and four alternative wall prototypes at the U.S.-Mexico border,
according to new data from the federal government.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this latest step on
Thursday to carrying out President Trump’s campaign promise to secure
the southern border, which will start with companies building
prototypes.
The companies were selected from hundreds that submitted proposals earlier this year on how to create border barriers . . . . . . The project is being funded with “reprogrammed money” taken from
within CBP, and is not part of the $1.6 billion border wall funding the
House of Representatives approved in June, DHS confirmed Friday to the
Washington Examiner. The $1.6 billion in border wall funding has yet to
pass in the Senate, and may not make it out of Congress for months, if
it does at all.
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