{"id":1577601,"date":"2022-07-29T03:03:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T07:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1577601"},"modified":"2022-07-29T03:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T07:03:18","slug":"biden-admin-to-complete-more-of-trumps-border-wall-project-closing-4-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-complete-more-of-trumps-border-wall-project-closing-4-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin to Complete More of Trump\u2019s Border Wall Project, Closing 4 Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-to-complete-more-of-trumps-border-wall-project-closing-4-gaps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1577601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration is set to close four wide gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall\u00a0in an open area of southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-arizona\">Arizona<\/a> near Yuma, to \u201caddress operational impacts\u201d and \u201cimmediate life and safety risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four gaps are within an incomplete border barrier project\u2014the former Yuma 6 project area near the Morelos Dam, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2022\/07\/28\/dhs-address-life-safety-and-operational-requirements-us-border-patrols-yuma-sector\">press release<\/a> from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\u00a0The area has become one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The border barrier project, which was operational under the Trump administration, was left incomplete after President Joe Biden in 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pentagon-diverts-most-border-wall-funds-to-overseas-military-construction-memo_3854975.html\">sent back\u00a0$2.2 billion in border wall funds<\/a> to the Department of Defense to be used for overseas defense construction projects.\u00a0The funds had previously been diverted by President Donald Trump to build the border wall, which at one time was going up at the pace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pentagon-border-wall-going-up-at-about-1-mile-per-day-and-rising_3089137.html\">one mile a day<\/a>.\u00a0Completing the border wall was among Trump\u2019s top campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the proximity to the Morelos Dam and the swift moving Colorado River, this area presents safety and life hazard risks for migrants attempting to cross into the United States where there is a risk of drownings and injuries from falls,\u201d the DHS stated on July 28. \u201cThis area also poses a life and safety risk to first responders and agents responding to incidents in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/29\/border-wall-yuma-arizona-1-1200x800.jpeg\"><\/a> A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agent patrols after sunset along a gap in the border wall at the Morelos Dam between the U.S. and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on May 31, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized the project\u2019s completion, which will\u00a0be paid for out of the DHS\u2019s fiscal year 2021 budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrior to construction, DHS will engage in standard environmental planning and conduct stakeholder outreach and consultation. DHS will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is set to close four wide gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall\u00a0in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, to \u201caddress operational impacts\u201d and \u201cimmediate life and safety risks.\u201d The four gaps are within an incomplete border barrier project\u2014the former Yuma 6 project area near the Morelos Dam, according to a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}