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Migrants who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River climb through concertina wire in Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 22, 2022. (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has approved the use of border barrier funds, not to build a border barrier or wall, but to spend on projects that will improve safety for border agents — and illegal border crossers.
The projects in the San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, El Paso, and Rio Grande Valley Sectors will “address life, safety, environmental, or other remediation requirements in accordance with the Department’s plan for the use of border barrier funds,” DHS said in a news release .
“These projects address operational impacts, as well as immediate life and safety risks, and will be funded with DHS’s Fiscal Year 2017, 2018, and 2021 appropriations. Work is estimated to begin quickly through existing contracting vehicles.”
The projects include:
— Replacing a dilapidated train gate with a modernized train gate in El Centro “to address current life and safety risks posed to Agents and migrants due to regular train operations.”
— Constructing retractable gates under an existing bridge across the New River in Imperial County, California “to address risks associated with the extremely hazardous river waters.”
— Constructing a train and vehicle gate in the El Paso Sector “to address current life and safety risks posed to Agents and migrants due to regular train operations.”
— Replacing a deteriorated, corroded barrier in Imperial Beach, California that “currently poses safety risks to Border Patrol Agents, community members, and migrants.”– Closing a gap by constructing a vertical lift gate system over the Tijuana River “to address safety concerns resulting from the polluted conditions of the river channel.”– Closing a small gap in the Yuma Sector that remains as a result of previous border barrier construction “and […]
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