SAN DIEGO (
Border Report
)—A pair of visitors from Salt Lake City, who were touring Southern California this week, chose to visit the borderline wall separating San Diego from Tijuanа.
The unexpected tallness of the fence and the unexpectedly simple entry into the region caught them off guard.
Before departing, they snapped a selfie in front of the barricade, capturing a moment they wished to keep as a memento of their extraordinary adventure.
Additional sections of the border wall might appear if Congress provides President Donald Trump with funds for constructing an extra 700 miles, erecting 900 miles of river barricades, and building 630 miles of secondary walls as part of a larger legislation that also encompasses the administration’s suggested tax incentives and budget reductions.
The House committee in charge of drafting Trump’s border security bill is asking for about $69 billion, a substantial part of which ($46.5 billion), would go to border barriers.
The rest of the funds would pay for additional projects, including:
- $5 billion for CBP facilities
- $4.1 billion for hiring an extra 8,000 U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel including agents, officers, and support staff.
- $2 billion allocated for CBP workforce annual retention bonuses and recruitment incentives
- $1.07 billion allocated for non-invasive inspection systems
- $2.7 billion for border surveillance technology
- $500 million for unmanned aircraft systems
- $450 million for Operation Stonegarden, a federal grant program administered by FEMA
“Considering the amount of people that are in the country illegally, many of them perpetuating crimes, we need the resources to continue doing what President Trump has promised the American people to get these individuals out of our country,” said Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday morning.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has stated his intention for the matter to be put to a vote by Memorial Day.
The Associated Press reports that Democrats plan to oppose what House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refers to as the “far-right Republican agenda.”
Should it pass, a vote in the Senate could take place in July.
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