Biden Admin May Restart Border Wall Construction To “Plug Gaps”

This seeming departure for the Biden Administration does not betray progressive principles; it preserves them.

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News that the Biden Administration is considering restarting construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall to fill “gaps” that were left when construction was halted has not been met with universal approval from the left.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that the administration was considering finishing “gaps in the wall” during a conversation with ICE employees last week, The Washington Times reported.

“It’s not a single answer to a single question. There are different projects that the chief of the Border Patrol has presented and the acting commissioner of CBP [Customs and Border Protection] presented to me,” Mayorkas said, according to notes from the ICE session.

“The president has communicated quite clearly his decision that the emergency that triggered the devotion of DOD funds to the construction of the border wall is ended. But that leaves room to make decisions as the administration, as part of the administration, in particular areas of the wall that need renovation, particular projects that need to be finished,” Mayorkas reportedly said of border wall construction.