Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has announced that work on a wall along the state’s border with Mexico will resume, Fox News informed.
The announcement follows extensive negotiations between Texas government representatives and private property owners on the development of infrastructure on their properties.
Next month, more border wall will be built, according to Abbott. Months were spent negotiating with bordering private property owners to gain permission to construct.
Throughout the remainder of next year, he continued, more border walls should be constructed.
Since the Texas Facilities Commission approved a $167 million deal with Southwest Valley Constructors Co., the building of the border wall has been ongoing for months. The project’s goal is to build a border wall in the Del Rio region that will be almost seven miles long.
A second agreement was also signed with the Texas-based construction firm BFBC to build an additional seven-mile wall in the Rio Grande Valley.
The administration of President Biden filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona on Wednesday, alleging that it is trespassing on federal lands by erecting a temporary border barrier made of shipping containers and razor wire to stop the flow of illegal immigration.
The installation of multi-ton shipping containers that have been welded shut and covered in razor wire, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, “damages federal lands, threatens public safety, and impedes the ability of federal agencies and officials, including law enforcement personnel, to perform their official duties.”
Texas and other states are preparing for Title 42’s impending expiration on Wednesday now that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided not to uphold the Trump administration’s decision on Friday to limit the number of asylum seekers the country would accept in the event of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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