All of this without any environmental review or public input.”Mr. Trump’s plan to build a border wall has been part of a contentious budget fight in Congress. A recent spending bill passed by the House of Representatives included $1.6 billion for a border wall. Senate Democrats have signaled that they would try to block funding for a border wall. In the absence of congressional funding, Homeland Security has moved $20 million from other programs to pay for the construction of several border wall prototypes like the ones planned for this summer in the San Diego area. But on Friday, Customs and Border Protection, the parent agency of the Border Patrol, said the construction timetable could be pushed back as late as November.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2017 14:26 UTC