The president’s plan to build a border wall was part of a contentious budget fight in Congress this year. The administration was seeking $3.6 billion in the 2017 and 2018 budgets for just over 100 miles of wall. The Department of Homeland Security has moved $20 million from other programs to pay for the construction of several border wall prototypes. Construction of the prototypes for a border wall is set to begin this summer in the San Diego area. Mr. Trump initially spoke of building a “big, beautiful” wall along the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico.

Source: New York Times July 18, 2017 20:02 UTC