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DHS Waives Environmental Restrictions for Border Wall

September 20, 2017

The Dept. of Homeland Security on Sept. 12 issued a waiver of laws, regulations and other legal requirements to expedite construction of border barriers near Calexico, Calif.

DHS Awards Contracts for Border Wall Prototypes

September 13, 2017

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The Dept. of Homeland Security has awarded eight contracts to companies to develop prototypes for the Trump administration’s proposed wall along sections of the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.

Contractors Selected for Border Wall Prototypes in San Diego

Greg Aragon

August 31, 2017

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced August 31 that contracts have been awarded for concrete prototypes of the proposed border wall along the U.S. Southern Border near San Diego, CA.

Federal Spending

House Passes Spending Bill, $1.6B for Trump Border Wall

Tom Ichniowski

July 28, 2017

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Multi-part measure also would boost military construction, Corps civil works budgets, but cut VA projects.

The American Infrastructure

Engineers Propose 'River' Alternative to Border Wall

Move large quantities of saltwater over mountains? it can be done.

Frank K. Johnson

May 4, 2017

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Of all the ideas that have been suggested for the border wall, there is one that may help to bring together Mexico and the U.S., instead of pitting the countries against each other over illegal immigration.

The American Infrastructure

Trump's Border Wall Has Many Concepts, Few Big Bidders

A torrent of futuristic schemes for an unusual federal public works construction project

Scott Van Voorhis

April 28, 2017

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Will the president's late April pullback on 2017 funding delay the controversial project?

Corps Realigns Officers, Role Seen on Trump Wall

Debra K. Rubin

Tom Ichniowski

April 25, 2017

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Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr on April 14 was named as the deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Turkey Continues Construction of Wall Along Border With Syria

Laura Pitel

April 17, 2017

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If Donald Trump is looking for practical advice on how to fulfil his controversial pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, he may want ask Turkey for help.