Border communities, Native Americans and experts want the president to reverse damage done by construction under TrumpBorder communities and environmentalists are urging Joe Biden to take immediate steps to remediate the environmental and cultural destruction caused by construction of the border wall during the previous administration. The Government Accountability Office will soon publish its audit of the army corps’ role in the wall including the contracts and status of construction. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Work is done on a new border wall being constructed on 22 January in Jacumba, California. Photograph: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images“We have an obligation to borderland communities, tribal nations and wildlife to assess the harm and remedy and restore what we can. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not respond to questions about how it planned to assess and remediate the damage caused to habitat, endangered wildlife and border communities.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2021 09:00 UTC