• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migration from Mexico.

    Still, the waiving of federal laws for the construction — something also done when Republican Donald Trump was president — raised questions, particularly because Biden condemned border wall spending when he was running for the White House.

    Administration officials on Thursday announced they’d resume deporting migrants back to Venezuela, as part of their effort to to slow arrivals.

    The decision was met with immediate criticism from immigrant advocates and Mexico President Andres Manuel López Obrador, who called it a “setback.”

    The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement of the latest wall action in the Federal Registry with few details about the construction in Starr County, Texas, part of a busy Border Patrol sector seeing “high illegal entry.” According to government data, about 245,000 illegal crossings have been recorded so far this budget year in the Rio Grande Valley Sector.

    Homeland Security has also worked on roughly 13 miles in the Rio Grande Valley, and another small-scale project to fill “small gaps that remain open from prior construction activities” in the border wall.


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    • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      While I do not support wall construction, I actually don’t mind that he allowed the project to move forward. It shows respect for the office and for the voters of the previous administration. While he won’t get much credit for it, being the only adult in a room is just a pretty tough gig, I personally respect it.

      That said, I do not agree with waiving federal regulations to make it happen. It’s not like this is some magic fix that is sure to work or something, its not worth cutting through red tape.