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# Breaking Ground? Trump Border Wall Begins Construction In Calexico

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers started construction Wednesday to replace a decaying stretch of a 2.25-mile Mexico–United States barrier, swapping it out for a new and improved 30-foot high bollard style wall.

This is the first border wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside the eight prototypes that were built last year near Tijuana, Mexico.

According to CBP Public Affairs, the 2.25-mile project will stretch from the Calexico West Port of Entry extending westward beyond the Gran Plaza Outlets and include all-weather roads paralleling the new wall.

KESQ-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley licensed to Palm Springs, used their Newsdrone to survey the area where the new wall construction is underway.

CBP states that the construction is located in the El Centro Sector, which is one of the “Border Patrol’s highest priority projects.”

The current barrier in Calexico was erected several decades ago from recycled scraps of metal and has been proven to be widely ineffective in preventing illegal cross-border activities.

The unlawful cross-border activities in the El Centro Sector are stunning. CBP provides a breakdown of seizures made by officers for the fiscal year 2017:

> The El Centro Sector apprehended 18,633 illegal aliens, seized 5,554 pounds of marijuana, 483 pounds of cocaine, and 1,526 pounds of methamphetamine and 2,521 ounces of heroin. During that fiscal year, there were 21 assaults against El Centro Sector agents.

CBP spokesman Carlos Diaz told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday, the project was fully funded by fiscal 2017 appropriations, which will also fund projects in Southern California, New Mexico, and in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

Back in November, the Trump administration awarded the $18 million contract to replace the barrier in Calexico to SWF Constructors of Omaha, Nebraska.

And lastly, the administration is trying to find $18 billion in funding to extend and complete the Mexico-United States border wall. Recent funding efforts to pay for the entire stretch failed last week in the Senate.

The one question we ask: Will the Trump administration have the border walls erected in time to thwart a Mexican drug cartel war spillover into the United States? Don’t be shocked if the Trump administration labels the drug cartel wars just south of the border as a national security threat. Perhaps, that would be enough to spur emergency funding to pay the entire stretch...

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ScratInTheHat Sat, 02/24/2018 - 21:51 Permalink

Freeze hiring and use that money. 18 Billion is nothing in the federal budget!

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lloll ScratInTheHat Sat, 02/24/2018 - 21:52 Permalink

A country founded by “illegal” immigrants fanning the flame vs immigrants. Priceless.

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Scanderbeg lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:03 Permalink

Build that wall, eject all wetbacks and bury faggot Commies like this under it.

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Zero Point Scanderbeg Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:11 Permalink

Get the CIA to donate the funds they get importing drugs internationally, and the funding for the wall would be a snap.

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Belrev Zero Point Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:17 Permalink

Mexicans don't steal office jobs. Indians do. Cancel H1B visa program and shipp all Indians back to their corrupt nepotistic shithole country. That will free up a lot of jobs for US citizens.

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Xena fobe Belrev Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:20 Permalink

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Mexicans take every job you can imagine. They are fine people, but like anyone, they favor their own and discriminate against outsiders.

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techpriest Xena fobe Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:35 Permalink

I was talking with my father-in-law about this tonight, and being Chinese, he explained that a great deal of illegal immigration from China (only very talented or wealthy people can get in legally, he is the former) comes from Mexico also. They get a tourist visa down there and cross the border, with each step arranged by Fujian gangsters (ask any Chinese person about Fujian).

It made me wonder how many other sources of illegal immigration take this route. Actually protecting the border might solve a lot of problems.

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DRTexas techpriest Sun, 02/25/2018 - 00:00 Permalink

You are so correct. I live on the border. We see the reports of the nationalities caught entering the country through the southern border. The media does not report it, but about a third of those caught are from countries other than Mexico. They are from everywhere imaginable. Africa, Haiti, China, Viet Nam, many Middle Eastern countries, etc.

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techpriest DRTexas Sun, 02/25/2018 - 01:16 Permalink

And the thing is, who knows what each of these people are here to do, or what kind of conditions they might be under. I remember in grad school that international students tended to avoid working for international professors, because certain professors would deliberately hold their immigration status over their head if they didn't work 80 hours a week. Makes you wonder what it looks like in the illegal context - maybe the pro-lawless-immigration crowd is indirectly supporting slavery?

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Nelbev DRTexas Sun, 02/25/2018 - 01:55 Permalink

Good post DRtexas.

A plane ticket to Mexico from SH countries which house billions is not that much. In ten years we will need a border wall bigger then DT imagines, imagine 50 million from around planet instead of current rates. Look at EU magnet from all over Africa, that is what US will be like in just a few years. But better than a 100 foot wall is a rejection of UN refugee treaty where you set foot and get a court date which you never attend as opposed to be immediately deported, shot, or locked up; and also end of all babies born in US are automatically US citizens who can collect welfare via illegal immigrant parents can staying and collecting for US citizen kid.

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SoDamnMad Nelbev Sun, 02/25/2018 - 02:23 Permalink

Just look at "following the money" on these So Cal "Maternity Hotels".

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Never One Roach SoDamnMad Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:48 Permalink

Under skinny socialist anti-American Obama:

ICE spends millions flying illegal immigrant children across US

The Obama administration has spent at least $18.5 million to fly “unaccompanied children” caught crossing into the country illegally to locations inside the United States, according to newly obtained figures.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/27/ice-spends-millions-flying-illegal-immigrant-children-across-us.html

Now, under pro-American citizen Trump:

Undocumented Immigrants in Trump's America Now Deported After Running Red Lights

http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/trump-bad-hombres-ice-immigration-63…

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Dode415 Never One Roach Sun, 02/25/2018 - 08:33 Permalink

You do know that all the analysis shows that Obama deported more people per year than trump did in his first year ?

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Jim in MN Dode415 Sun, 02/25/2018 - 10:02 Permalink

We like primary sources on this site. Got any?

Of course with illegal crossings collapsing there's fewer to deport anyhow. Winning comes in many flavors.

Since you seem of a bluish tint here's a MSM link for ya: http://abcnews.go.com/US/immigration-arrests-spiked-illegal-border-cros…

"During fiscal year 2017, there were a total of 310,531 apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol nationwide. That’s the lowest its been in at least 17 years."

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new game DRTexas Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:51 Permalink

if caught, send them directly into the military. boot camp to become mericanized fodder for religious/bankster wars.

that would solve the problem...

diversity on the war front.

paid perks for the survivors.

proud to serve. the path to citizenship.

fully mericanized with a camo uniform.

ready to work with skills.

we would adore them instead of the current situation.

winning by fighting, destruction and rebuilding to keep the Keynesian dream alive and well...

hey they could come home after their term and help build a wall. skills to do it.

so much winning...

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StolenFuture new game Sun, 02/25/2018 - 08:07 Permalink

This was a common route to naturalization during WWII. My wife's grandfather, an engineer by training, immigrated from Nicaragua and served in the Pacific. He enlisted, they sent him to boot camp and naturalized him pretty much on the spot.

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Fish Gone Bad techpriest Sun, 02/25/2018 - 00:01 Permalink

There is very little illicit activity going on that the US is not aware of. If the US can photograph ships at sea violating the embargo on North Korea, they most certainly know about this activity.

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techpriest Fish Gone Bad Sun, 02/25/2018 - 01:02 Permalink

At least, they can know if they want to.

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just the tip techpriest Sun, 02/25/2018 - 10:00 Permalink

yeah butt.

yeah butt.

yeah butt.

the only reason they are crossing into the US is because they are on their way to canada.

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IH8OBAMA Belrev Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:26 Permalink

Electrify it with 15,000 volts while they are at it.

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Gold Pedant IH8OBAMA Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:49 Permalink

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnbitNkOyPo

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JRobby IH8OBAMA Sun, 02/25/2018 - 06:15 Permalink

They will tunnel under it so patrol will always be needed. But the wall is necessary.

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Kidbuck Belrev Sun, 02/25/2018 - 05:10 Permalink

If Mexican's don't steal office jobs then Cubans and 'Ricans must. Why else do you have to speak spanish to get a government job in Miami?

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Rakksan Belrev Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:58 Permalink

If we can find qualified U S citizens.

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Juggernaut x2 Zero Point Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:17 Permalink

Or cut out the $50B we funnel to Israel every year and use it for The Orange Dotard's Wall

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mkkby Juggernaut x2 Sat, 02/24/2018 - 23:35 Permalink

"Mexican drug cartel war spillover". Just the excuse Trump needs to order the military to secure the border.

Trump can end this problem tomorrow. No wall needed. 2000 mile border X 10 soldiers per mile = 20k troops. Easy.

No courts, no cops needed. Just turn them back the way they came. Drop anybody with a weapon and leave the body for the buzzards -- they need food too. Spics will figure out pretty quick that there's no point even trying.

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Jo A-S mkkby Sun, 02/25/2018 - 01:10 Permalink

That's one soldier/176 yards/24 hour period......... Silly figures. A 24hr period requires a minimum of three people per 176 yard sector. Not to mention illness, time off for leave/rest days etc. ie 60 k soldiers. Plus, how does ONE man/woman stop 20 people at a time (unless shooting them, that is) And how does he/she stay alert for the period of his/her shift?

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ImGumbydmmt Jo A-S Sun, 02/25/2018 - 05:24 Permalink

still one person per 8 hour shift to cover 176 lineal yard on the map, not including topographic feature which create "dead zones".

No what we need is continuous FLIR thermal fence and the soldiers in hardened outposts with 3 MRAP teams, one to go out, one in reserve, one always at the ready.

Place the outposts every 1000 meter. FLIR notifies the closest teams of a bogies, meanwhile two weaponized drones go out, engages the target eliminate it, MRAP team goes out and bags the bodies, and Just for eff's sake, team members,collects the ears off the bodies Vietnam style to make necklaces.

Bagged bodies get photos, put on the news and the bodies get sent back to Mexico city, postage due, every body collected carries a $100k fine against the Mexican government.

Failure to pay the fine by the Mexican government and the military takes back terrain from Mexico at $100 per acre, or 1,000 acres per dead body. we evict the residents in this zone and set up a no go mined DMZ buffer between the US proper and the siezed Mexican territory.

Fuckem.

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curbjob ImGumbydmmt Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:32 Permalink

The cheapest fence and, one that nobody has to pay for;

End the prohibition on all drugs and tax them at the same rate as alcohol and tobacco.

Charge anyone found guilty of hiring an undocumented worker with tax evasion that carries penalties up to and including 3 strikes and you're out.

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RAT005 curbjob Sun, 02/25/2018 - 09:31 Permalink

1 every quarter mile would be very comfortable. 1 every half mile would be manageable. With the half mile plan just have a few vehicles stationed with 6 soldiers that can arrive on a moments notice.

Half mile spacing means 1/4 mile shooting. Very manageable.

Compromise and use 1/3rd mile.

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Not Goldman Sachs ImGumbydmmt Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:46 Permalink

"the project was fully funded by fiscal 2017 appropriations"....

Forgot "funded by Mexican fiscal"

Ah, just take the charge off the payout for them.

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just the tip Jo A-S Sun, 02/25/2018 - 10:05 Permalink

welllllllllll. you could get stormy daniels to give them a blow job.

oh.

wait.

you said alert.

my bad.

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JRobby mkkby Sun, 02/25/2018 - 06:17 Permalink

Piece of cake!

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greven40 mkkby Sun, 02/25/2018 - 08:03 Permalink

The same "cartels" the US regime is arming and supporting for the drug black op money.

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Michael Musashi Scanderbeg Sun, 02/25/2018 - 09:40 Permalink

Lord I hope not. My friend and I used to go to Calexico and kiss immigrant men where they pee for money. It was solid work and it helped supplement my income. Please be kind here.

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44_shooter lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:06 Permalink

nah, priceless is seeing your liberal tears...reminds me everyday why I voted for Trump. Puts a smile on my face it does.

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Juggernaut x2 44_shooter Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:11 Permalink

2.25 miles? Wow- Trumptards are so easy to appease.

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DRTexas Juggernaut x2 Sun, 02/25/2018 - 00:03 Permalink

Every journey begins with a single step, Jaggenoff.

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curbjob Juggernaut x2 Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:13 Permalink

"2.25 miles? "

It's actually 0 miles since this is just replacing an existing section of fence.

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greven40 Juggernaut x2 Sun, 02/25/2018 - 07:58 Permalink

Worse, 2.25 miles that Mexico -isn't- paying for. Hypocrites that just spent 8 years pointing fingers at people doing the same thing they do now, blind support of a figurehead that lies to them.

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Xena fobe lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:06 Permalink

You will find little sympathy here for your open borders/welfare worn out memes. Working American families lives and communities have been destroyed by immigration.

Go be a pest on Mexican web sites instead. Maybe you can convince Mexico to open it's southern border.

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Meat Hammer Xena fobe Sun, 02/25/2018 - 00:24 Permalink

Plus, the complaints about that a-hole Christopher Columbus are a bit tired. It’s been over half a millennium, maybe we should move on.

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StolenFuture Xena fobe Sun, 02/25/2018 - 08:11 Permalink

That, and wholesale outsourcing of entire manufacturing industries.

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rejected lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:11 Permalink

Sorry,,, there was no, 'No Trespassing' signs when the Europeans arrived,,, besides the Europeans were first to America.

From Smithsonian:

http://insider.si.edu/2012/03/ice-age-mariners-from-europe-were-the-fir…

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Berspankme lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:19 Permalink

Fuck you with your strawman bullshit

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Savvy lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 22:19 Permalink

Funny isn't it? Almost no one speaks Cherokee or Shoshone in the US. They mostly speak English. But they aren't immigrants, nope.

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PT lloll Sat, 02/24/2018 - 23:04 Permalink

lloll re " A country founded by “illegal” immigrants ..." :

Well, you'd have to be a pretty stupid fucking idiot to fall for the same mistake your ancestors exploited in the past!

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PT PT Sat, 02/24/2018 - 23:07 Permalink

"Hey, look! Those nice Mexican people gave us some lovely blankets!" - LOL.

Hmmm, maybe I should shut up. I don't want to give anyone any ideas ...

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PT PT Sat, 02/24/2018 - 23:24 Permalink

Disagree with me Mr Red Arrow? Fair enough, feel free to allow yourself to be exploited by the same mistakes that yours or someone-else's ancestors exploited in the past.

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Dancing Disraeli lloll Sun, 02/25/2018 - 00:18 Permalink

USA wasn't a country until the Whites made it one.

Just a bunch of nomadic tribes killing, torturing and enslaving (when not eating) each other.

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