The outgoing Biden administration wants to sell off unused materials for the construction of the wall on the US-Mexico border, the construction of which was started by Republican Donald Trump during his first term as head of state. This was reported on Thursday by The Daily Wire, citing a source.
According to the source, unused components are being taken out of the southern US border on flatbed trucks and put up for auction on GovPlanet, where surplus materials left over from government projects are usually sold. “Their goal is to get everything out of the border before Christmas,” an unnamed US Customs and Border Protection employee told the publication.
Such actions will hinder the efforts of the new Trump administration to combat illegal migration, the portal writes. During his election campaign, the Republican promised to continue building the wall on the border and use materials that remained untouched after Biden came to power in 2021, The Daily Wire recalls. If the components brought to the border during Trump’s first term are sold out, this will significantly slow down the implementation of one of Trump’s key election promises, the publication concludes.