{"id":2009458,"date":"2023-08-23T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-biden-wants-a-secure-border-why-is-he-auctioning-off-the-wall\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:38:38","slug":"if-biden-wants-a-secure-border-why-is-he-auctioning-off-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-biden-wants-a-secure-border-why-is-he-auctioning-off-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Biden selling the wall if he wants a secure border?"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fif-biden-wants-a-secure-border-why-is-he-auctioning-off-the-wall%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=2009458&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--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Senate Republicans Demand Halt to Auctioning\u200b of Border Wall Materials<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Republicans are demanding the Department of Defense (DOD) halt all sales of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-build-it-gop-sen-joni-ernst-introduces-bill-to-transfer-border-wall-materials-to-states\/\" title=\"\u2018Let\u2019s Build It!\u2019: GOP Sen. Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Transfer Border Wall Materials To States\">border wall materials<\/a> after\u2062 it was revealed\u2064 the agency was auctioning off\u2064 construction parts in an apparent attempt to skirt pending legislation that forces \u200cthe agency to continue construction of the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply disappointed\u200c to learn that rather than using construction materials that were purchased to secure the southwest border for that\u2064 purpose, the Department of Defense has begun auctioning these materials off for other purposes,\u201d GOP senators on\u200d the Senate\u200b Armed Services Committee wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicker.senate.gov\/2023\/8\/wicker-armed-services-republicans-call-for-halt-to-border-wall-material-auctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> sent to\u2064 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cissuance of the \u200cdocument comes days after the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/19\/biden-sells-border-wall-parts-to-thwart-gop-push-to-use-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Biden administration has been \u201cquietly auctioning off millions of dollars\u2019 worth of unused \u2062parts \u2064from former President Trump\u2019s \u200cborder\u2064 wall\u201d for very small\u200d sums of money. According \u2062to the report,\u2063 GovPlanet, \u201can\u200b online auction house specializing in military surplus,\u201d has garnered roughly $2 million after selling dozens of steel tubes\u200b that were supposed to be\u2063 utilized \u201cas vertical bollards in the border barrier\u2019s\u2064 30-foot-tall panels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Tuesday, GovPlanet netted $154,200 for 729 of the 28-foot-tall \u200bhollow beams, sold \u2064in five separate lots for an average $212 apiece,\u201d the report \u200creads. \u201cThirteen more lots are set to be auctioned on Aug. 23 and Aug. 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post further noted how GovPlanet\u2019s auctioning of wall parts \u201cpicked up markedly\u201d in May after Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and his \u2063GOP Senate colleagues introduced the FINISH IT Act, a bill that, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicker.senate.gov\/2023\/5\/wicker-cruz-ernst-introduce-finish-it-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> issued by Wicker\u2019s office, would require the DOD to \u201callow millions of dollars of unused border wall panels already owned by \u200bthe \u2063U.S. government to be used to extend the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicker.senate.gov\/2023\/8\/wicker-armed-services-republicans-call-for-halt-to-border-wall-material-auctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> \u2064in Senate\u200d Republicans\u2019 letter to Austin, provisions of the legislation were incorporated into the House and Senate\u2019s respective versions of the 2024 National Defense\u2062 Authorization Act.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, all profits made on the sold wall materials \u201cflow back to the \u200bPentagon\u2019s budget\u201d \u2014 a detail\u2063 GovPlanet employees are reportedly \u201cunder strict instructions to keep \u2026 hush-hush,\u201d according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to demanding the DOD shut down all sales of \u200dborder wall \u200dparts, Senate Republicans are requesting Lloyd direct the DOD inspector\u2062 general launch \u2063an\u2062 investigation into Melissa \u200bDalton, the assistant secretary \u200cof \u200bDefense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric\u2062 Affairs, for allegedly failing to provide \u200bCongress \u201caccurate and timely information\u201d about the administration\u2019s plans \u2062\u201cregarding the use of these border \u2064wall construction materials.\u201d The senators furthermore demanded the agency provide a \u201cfull account\u201d of its sales of border wall\u2064 parts and the costs to store said parts thus far by Sept. 5.<\/p>\n<p>For a president \u2062that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/politics\/biden-wants-to-secure-the-border-and-fix-the-immigration-system\/3578679\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">professes his alleged support<\/a> for a \u201csecure\u201d U.S. southern border, the actions carried out by Biden\u2019s administration say \u2064otherwise. In addition\u200c to auctioning off wall construction materials, the \u2063Biden administration has routinely advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-joe-bidens-foreign-policy-reset-will-be-a-disaster\/\" title=\"Why Joe Biden\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2018Reset\u2019 Will Be A Disaster\">open border policies<\/a> that have allowed millions of illegal aliens to \u2064enter America with relative ease.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, for instance, the administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-administration-ends-trumps-remain-in-mexico-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> it would end the\u200c Trump-era \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy, which\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-biden-wants-a-secure-border-why-is-he-auctioning-off-the-wall\/\" title=\"Why is Biden selling the wall if he wants a secure border?\">required \u200billegal border crossers seeking asylum<\/a>\u200d to stay in \u200bthe Latin American country until their \u200bcourt hearing. The administration had \u2063also previously sought to eliminate Title 42, a health policy that allowed federal officials to expel illegal migrants\u200d with minimal processing.<\/p>\n<p>Under Biden, attempted illegal border crossings have skyrocketed, forcing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials\u200c to prioritize processing the lawbreakers over \u2064securing the border. In fiscal year 2022 alone, \u2064U.S. border officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mayorkas-defends-dhs-record-illegal-border-crossings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> a\u200c staggering\u2063 2.3 million apprehensions, compared to\u2064 the \u200b1.7 million reported\u2063 in 2021. Such figures don\u2019t even include the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/19\/biden-sells-border-wall-parts-to-thwart-gop-push-to-use-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated<\/a> 2.6 million\u200b \u201cgotaways\u201d who entered the U.S. without detection from CBP.<\/p>\n<p>The illegal immigration crisis has \u200cgotten so bad that even Democrat-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/massachusetts-asks-citizens-to-take-in-migrants-amid-state-of-emergency\/ar-AA1f8DIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/hundreds-new-york-protest-shelter-illegal-immigrants-flooding-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">municipalities<\/a> that once declared \u2062themselves \u201csanctuaries\u201d for illegal aliens \u2064are tacitly \u200cadmitting Biden\u2019s open border policies \u2062are making life \u2062unbearable\u200c for \u2064their respective residents.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of\u2062 the University\u2063 of Mary Washington. He\u200c previously\u2063 served as a state content writer for\u200d Convention of States Action and his \u2062work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth,\u200c and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans are urging the Department of Defense (DOD) to stop selling border wall materials. The DOD&#8217;s auctioning of construction parts seems like an effort to bypass upcoming legislation that mandates the agency to keep building the project. This revelation has left us greatly disappointed as we expected the DOD to utilize the materials for their intended purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2009459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009458","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}