The Trump administration announced on Friday that it awarded billions of dollars in contracts to expand construction of the “Smart Wall” along the southwest border.
President Donald Trump has for years made building a wall to keep illegal immigrants out of the United States the signature tenet of his message to voters.
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s move to approve 10 new construction contracts, totaling roughly $4.5 billion, seeks to carry out the president’s push for enhanced border security. The Smart Wall system includes steel barriers, waterborne barriers, patrol roads, lighting, cameras, and advanced sensor detection technology, all designed to expand the government’s capacity to surveil the border.
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“For years, Washington talked about border security but failed to deliver. This
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