Rodney Scott, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has stated that President Trump’s border wall system is progressing under budget and ahead of schedule after renewed funding from Congress.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump’s border wall will be finished ahead of schedule and under budget, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott. 📺 DETAIL: Scott, a former Chief of Border Patrol during Joe Biden’s term and Trump’s first term, explained that while the Biden government attempted to halt construction by slow-rolling contracts, wasting potentially billions of taxpayer dollars, Congress never rescinded the allocated funds, allowing work to resume in January 2025 when Trump returned to the White House. The project includes a 30-foot bollard wall, water barriers in the Rio Grande, and integrated surveillance technology to enhance border security. Scott mentioned that while some areas, such as Big Bend National Park, will lack barriers due to natural deterrents, “basically from San Diego all the way to the Gulf” will be protected by the wall. Scott projects that construction will be completed by July 2028. He credited renewed funding from Congress, especially from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3), which provided $46.5 billion, as the key driver behind the wall’s projected completion. Scott also criticized the Biden government’s lack of consideration for border security and ideological support for open borders. “They literally just had a completely different perspective on the world. They didn’t see America as a place to preserve or to protect or to put first. They saw it as a place to provide freebies to other people from anywhere around the world,” said Scott. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “We’ll have the entire system — to include a secondary barrier in places we need it, the water barrier in the Rio Grande River, and the [monitoring] technology, that was paid for by OB3 [One Big Beautiful Bill Act] — done by July 2028.” – Rodney Scott 🎯 IMPACT: The completion of the border wall should bolster national security as well as deter illegal crossings and drug trafficking. The completion of the border wall also represents the fulfillment of arguably President Trump’s most well-known and long-standing promise, with the America First leader famously proposing the idea over a decade ago in 2015. |
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