$20 million. That’s enough to cover the cost of seven miles of wall.
During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall across the southern border some 1,000 miles long. The number of miles the president currently has money for: seven. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials delivered the startling news this week at a conference in San Antonio for businesses eager to win contracts for
Current trade agreements mean foreign companies, including some big firms in Mexico, might well get in on the building of the president’s wall.
In one of his first tweets as president, here's how Donald Trump promised to spend taxpayer dollars: "We will follow two simple rules: BUY AMERICAN & HIRE AMERICAN!" he tweeted 55 minutes after taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day. In the first big test of that pledge, here's the reality: The Trump administration has opened the
In a little-noticed update, DHS now says it wants a wall that will be “nominally 30 feet tall,” and, importantly, that bids will be judged on “aesthetics,” as well.
President Donald Trump built his campaign on the promise of a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border. Just a month after his inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to begin construction. And last Friday, the department took a step to make sure it will look good. In a little-noticed update, the department now says it wants a
