Former border commissioner: President Trump's 'incredibly expensive' border policy didn't make sense
Trump’s border “wall” — which is actually a combination of vehicle barriers and pedestrian fencing — has come at a hefty price so far.
More than $15 billion has been allocated during the Trump administration to build roughly 738 miles of a new "border wall system,” according to the latest update from the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), though most of that has not actually been constructed.
In any case, former CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske believes that the money going toward Trump’s wall could be better spent.
“The money is much better invested in technology than barriers,” Kerlikowske told Yahoo Finance. “And remember, the cost of the barrier, which you’ve seen some prices that are multi-millions of dollars per square mile or per mile of barrier. The other part is that all of this, since the Secure Fence Act and since these things have been installed over several administrations, is the cost of maintenance and repair.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-border-wall-expensive-160152015.html
