Joe Biden on Thursday claimed ‘border walls do not work’ but his administration are currently waving laws in order to put up border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley.
As many of you remember during the 2020 campaign trail Biden vowed to not add another foot of the border wall.
Well now several thousands feet of border wall are being raised at the request of the DHS.
DHA head Alejandro Mayorkas in his latest statement to press shared “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996],”
Take a look at the chaos:
BREAKING: The Biden administration says there is an “immediate need” to wave regulations and build a border wall as the migrant crisis spirals out of control.
Remarkable. 4 years ago this was “racist.” Now they’re advocating for it.
"There is presently an acute and immediate… pic.twitter.com/OREJNUkWcl
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 5, 2023
The Biden administration says there is an “immediate need” to wave regulations and build a border wall as the migrant crisis spirals out of control.
Remarkable. 4 years ago this was “racist.” Now they’re advocating for it.
ADVERTISEMENT29) { ?>“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996],” Mayorkas said in an announcement.
🔥🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden just approved a new section of President Trump’s border wall as Mexico crossings rise.
About 20 miles will be built in Starr County along its border with Mexico,
Building a border wall was a signature policy of Donald Trump as president and fiercely… pic.twitter.com/eQeelWIsLB
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) October 5, 2023
Joe Biden just approved a new section of President Trump’s border wall as Mexico crossings rise. About 20 miles will be built in Starr County along its border with Mexico, Building a border wall was a signature policy of Donald Trump as president and fiercely opposed by Democrats.
Here was Biden’s Press Secretary explaining the new construction happening at the border:
BREAKING – PART ONE: Karine Jean-Pierre struggles to explain why the Biden admin is now building the border wall, the same wall it blasted Trump for. Her explanation is that the Republicans have refused to reallocate the funds for the wall since 2019, now, four to five years… pic.twitter.com/R8J0cJolKc
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) October 5, 2023
CNN even called out Biden for flip flopping:
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn’t believe border walls work, even as his administration said it will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley amid heightened political pressure over migration.
According to a notice posted to the Federal Register Wednesday, construction of the wall will be paid for using already appropriated funds earmarked specifically for physical border barriers. The administration was under a deadline to use them or lose them. But the move comes at a time when a new surge of migrants is straining federal and local resources and placing heavy political pressure on the Biden administration to address a sprawling crisis, and the notice cited “high illegal entry.”
Biden – who, as a candidate, vowed that there will “not be another foot” of border wall constructed on his watch – defended the decision to reporters Thursday, saying that he tried to get the money appropriated for other purposes but was unsuccessful.
“I’ll answer one question on the border wall: The border wall – the money was appropriated for the border wall. I tried to get them to reappropriate it, to redirect that money. They didn’t, they wouldn’t. And in the meantime, there’s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated. I can’t stop that,” Biden told reporters in the Oval Office.
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Biden selling off Trump era material that was used to build the Border Wall
Now Biden, in a bow to Trump's intellect, is wanting to build a wall
Overriding Environmental laws in the process
🥴🥴https://t.co/DYy4qmiVyf pic.twitter.com/Yzi8uloBip— Michael Clark (@midpushMike) October 5, 2023
Per NBC:
In a striking acknowledgment of the need to address the migrant influx at the southern border, the Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws to permit more border wall construction in southern Texas, a move that builds on one of the most controversial cornerstones of the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement overnight in the Federal Registry, which said the administration was waiving federal laws such as the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Endangered Species Act for the wall construction in Starr County, Texas, using federal funds appropriated in 2019.
“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the notice.
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