HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded the first border wall contract of President Donald J. Trump’s second term to construct approximately seven miles of new border wall in Hidalgo County.
The contract was awarded to Granite Construction Co. for $70,285,846.
According to a CBP release, the contract is funded by CBP’s 2021 fiscal year funds. Its purpose according to CBP is to “close critical openings in the border wall that were left incomplete due to cancelled contracts during the Biden Administration.”
CBP stated in its release that the Rio Grande Valley Sector is an area of high illegal entry and experiences large numbers of narcotics and people being smuggled into the United States.
“Completing the border wall in these locations will support the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ability to impede and deny illegal border crossings and the drug- and human-smuggling activities of cartels,” the release stated.
The contract comes as the Department of Homeland Security attempts to implement Trump’s “Securing our Borders” and
The contract comes as the Department of Homeland Security attempts to implement Trump’s “Securing our Borders” and “Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States” executive orders.
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