Since last Tuesday, construction has been underway on eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's promised wall along the US-Mexico border.
Since last Tuesday, construction has been underway on eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's promised wall along the US-Mexico border.
US Customs and Border Protection selected six companies to construct the prototypes, which the agency said are meant to "inform future design standards" for the wall.
Although Trump's plans for a border wall have been beset by a number of obstacles — including the Senate's refusal to green light a $1.6 billion down payment, wavering estimates on the total cost, and a lawsuit from California — his administration has plowed ahead with the prototypes.
Here's what they look like so far:
Construction crews broke ground in San Diego, California on September 26.
The construction is taking place along the border shared with Tijuana, Mexico, near the current fencing.
CBP tweeted video of the initial construction, saying the prototypes are being designed to "deter illegal border crossings."
Half of the prototypes will be concrete walls.
And the other half will be made of "other materials." CBP did not specify what those could be.
The prototypes are expected to take a month to complete.
Each one will be between 18 and 30 feet high, and the estimated cost for the eight prototypes is between $2.4 million and $4 million total. The Department of Homeland Security said those funds are being taken from "reprogrammed money" within CBP, and is not part of the down payment funding that still has to make it through Congress.
Trump said he plans to inspect the prototypes himself. "I'm gonna go out and look at them personally, and I'm gonna pick the right one," he said at a rally in Alabama on September 22.
Source: NBC News
Since last Tuesday, construction has been underway on eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's promised wall along the US-Mexico border. Read Full Story
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