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| Acting Pentagon Chief Pat Shanahan Authorizes $1B for Border Wall |
| 2019-03-26 |
| [Breitbart] The Pentagon announced Monday evening that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan authorized $1 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for building the border wall pursuant to the president’s emergency declaration last month. "These funds will be used to support DHS’s request to build 57 miles of 18-foot-high pedestrian fencing, constructing and improving roads, and installing lighting within the Yuma and El Paso Sectors of the border in support of the February 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States," the Pentagon announced in a statement. The Pentagon also noted that 10 U.S.C. § 284(b)(7) gives the Department of Defense the authority to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotic activities of Federal law enforcement agencies. The Pentagon also released a letter from Shanahan authorizing the funds in response to a DHS request for support. The letter was addressed to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and was in response to her request for support to secure the southern border by blocking up to 11 drug smuggling corridors along the border by constructing roads and fences and the installation of lighting. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 No better bang for the defense buck than a southern border wall. |
| Posted by: Glealing Squank6498 2019-03-26 21:47 |