{"id":1724206,"date":"2022-11-04T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1724206"},"modified":"2022-11-04T06:36:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:36:42","slug":"worthless-border-wall-2-5-million-in-steel-sits-in-limbo-at-the-border-while-shipping-containers-are-used-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worthless-border-wall-2-5-million-in-steel-sits-in-limbo-at-the-border-while-shipping-containers-are-used-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Worthless Border Wall: $2.5 Million in Steel Sits in Limbo at the Border While Shipping Containers Are Used Instead"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fworthless-border-wall-2-5-million-in-steel-sits-in-limbo-at-the-border-while-shipping-containers-are-used-instead%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=1724206&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><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>here is $2.5 million worth of steel just sitting in limbo at the border. These were completed sections of wall, now laying worthless because President Joe Biden halted construction of Trump\u2019s border wall the day he took office. Meanwhile, just a few yards away, the state of Arizona is using shipping containers to try and fill gaps in the border wall.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><source data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" alt=\"Steel .jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063413\/90-20 1x, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063447\/90-21 2x\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063413\/90-20\" \/><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<p>$2.5 Million dollars in border wall steel is sitting in limbo at the border because President Joe Biden halted the border wall the day he took office.<\/p>\n<p>Amy DeLaura \/ Washington Examiner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\n<br \/><i>Washington Examiner<\/i> was given a tour of these shipping containers placed at the border in Yuma, Arizona, from Yuma County Supervisor<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/watch-1-000-people-coming-exclusive-interview-with-yuma-county-supervisor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Lines<\/a><br \/>\n, also the former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party.\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/border-crisis-invasion-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BORDER CRISIS: \u2018INVASION AT THE BORDER\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><source data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" alt=\"Shipping 4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063521\/90-22 1x, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063546\/90-23 2x\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063521\/90-22\" \/><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<p>Shipping containers used as a makeshift border wall in Yuma, Arizona<\/p>\n<p>Amy DeLaura \/ Washington Examiner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\n<br \/>Lines explained why it is so necessary to fill these gaps in the border wall, saying, \u201cPeople would be dropped off by buses and then just walk across \u2026 and they would come all day long. So, this area, being closed up, has given the border patrol the advantage in that everybody is corralled to one specific spot and it\u2019s easier to process.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/arizona-sues-biden-administration-over-border-wall-not-backing-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARIZONA SUES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER BORDER WALL: \u2018WE\u2019RE NOT BACKING DOWN\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Twenty- and 40-foot shipping containers have been placed in the gaps by the state to try and alleviate the problem.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the material that we need to fill the gaps has been sitting here, in a dormant stage, ever since the day of inauguration,&#8221; Lines said. &#8220;There is more than enough constructed wall sections to complete these gaps \u2026 but instead, we had to use Conex boxes.\u201d However, right now, the state is battling with courts to keep them in place. The Biden administration is telling Arizona it does not have the authority to place the containers on federal land. Arizona\u2019s elected officials are fighting back, touting the containers as a success.\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/illegal-immigration-is-not-sustainable-yuma-county-supervisor-talks-crisis-at-the-border\">\u2018ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT SUSTAINABLE,\u2019 YUMA COUNTY SUPERVISOR TALKS CRISIS AT THE BORDER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><source data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" alt=\"Shipping 3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063612\/90-24 1x, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063639\/90-25 2x\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04063612\/90-24\" \/><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<p>Shipping containers are used to fill gaps along the border wall in Yuma, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Amy DeLaura \/ Washington Examiner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\n<br \/><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the gaps have been filled in. We have a corner section that needs to be completed with the fencing. And then further down, it would be nice to get that closed up as well,\u201d Lines said. Further down is a point of entry where around 850 people are crossing illegally into the country everyday.\n<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to farmers whose lands border the wall. They said<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/watch-immigrants-scale-shipping-containers-used-as-border-wall-in-arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a><br \/>\n come through their land, stomp their crops, and break into their homes. The shipping containers have helped the situation, but these farmers want the wall finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is $2.5 million worth of steel just sitting in limbo at the border. 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