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*$920 million per mileU.S. Customs and Border Protection has put up just 1.7 miles of fencing with the $1.57 billion that Congress appropriated last year for President Donald Trumps wall along the Mexican border, a federal judge was told.
A lawyer for the U.S. House of Representatives provided the information Tuesday to the judge in Oakland, California, who is weighing requests from 20 state attorneys general and the the Sierra Club to block Trump from using funds not authorized by Congress to build the wall.
"The administration recently provided updated information to Congress on the status of its efforts as of April 30, 2019," the attorney, Douglas Letter, said in a court filing. "Based on that updated information, it appears that CBP has now constructed 1.7 miles of fencing with its fiscal year 2018 funding."
That was 3/4 of a mile more than the administration reported at the end of February, Letter said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-21/federal-wall-funding-of-1-57-billion-yields-1-7-miles-of-fence?srnd=premium
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Still, $1.57 billion for 1.7 miles looks a lot like $923 million a mile
I'd be willing to install fence for only half of that
Magoo48
(4,716 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)Or should I say +1,000,000?
procon
(15,805 posts)At the rate he's blowing through cash, it would likely be cheaper, and he'd probably get more bang for the buck, if he'd just hand everyone who shows up at the border a bag of money and a 1st class ticket home.
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)his astute knowledge of construction, finance, and real estate.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)I seem to remember some talking anus mentioning that.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)mopinko
(70,127 posts)is it russian steel, or american steel?
Mopar151
(9,989 posts)Dreishkaspa (sic?) is 40% owner of co.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)never.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)will cost upwards of $1.8 trillion
dlk
(11,569 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Since Mexico is paying for it, let's ask them to build it more cheaply. They can't possibly be any more corrupt than Dotard & Associates.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)America is a fucking disgrace. And for anyone that wants to argue that...we have MURDERED 5 kids this year that just wanted a safe place to live. Nuff said
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)Except maybe from the people who walk up to the fence, see that it's under two miles long, and just walk around it. If I thought Comrade Fishlips could read, I'd suggest he look up "Maginot Line" on the Google Machine.
Amishman
(5,557 posts)It's not over and they are still building and finishing a lot more if it. They haven't spent much of the $1.5 billion yet.
Don't feel satisfied and let it go, keep fighting and delaying. The money isn't spent and the shit isn't built yet, it can still be stopped.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)I guess the people who are pleased with this are incapable of imagining walking 1.7 miles to get around something? They certainly are incapable of doing math or understanding that immigrants aren't the problem.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)off tax dollars. Likely through some crooked construction company or steel supplier. A leopard never changes its spots. Apology to all leopards.
pandr32
(11,588 posts)jalan48
(13,870 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)to the wall if passed?
I want my money back!
This is an excellent talking point for the Dems in 2020 however. Especially if its proven to not be American steel.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Did they spend their entire $1,570,000,000 allocation on that short distance? Doubt it.
Numbers are fun.
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)n/t