That wall is going down.

[kstewart33]

Reuters:

President Donald Trump’s promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters.

The rapid start of construction, promised throughout Trump's campaign and in an executive order issued in January on border security, was to be financed, according to the White House, with "existing funds and resources" of the Department of Homeland Security.

But so far, the DHS has identified only $20 million that can be re-directed to the multi-billion-dollar project, according to a document prepared by the agency and distributed to congressional budget staff last week. The document said the funds would be enough to cover a handful of contracts for wall prototypes, but not enough to begin construction of an actual barrier. This means that for the wall to move forward, the White House will need to convince Congress to appropriate funds.

An internal report, previously reported by Reuters, estimated that fully walling off or fencing the entire southern border would cost $21.6 billion - $9.3 million per mile of fence and $17.8 million per mile of wall.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-funds-idUSKBN1685SY

[Squinch]

1. I predict that the wall will never go up, but somehow will cost us at least $500 million anyway.

[panader0]

2. The wall or fence won't do what Trump wants it to do.

A complete waste of money for a symbolic gesture to the base.
And 19 million for a mile of fence? Seriously? Somebody will be
getting rich on the graft.
I predict it will never happen.