{"id":852750,"date":"2021-10-06T12:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=852750"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:59:36","slug":"ex-border-patrol-chief-biden-admin-paying-contractors-millions-a-day-to-not-build-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-border-patrol-chief-biden-admin-paying-contractors-millions-a-day-to-not-build-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Border Patrol Chief: Biden Admin Paying Contractors Millions A Day To Not Build Border Wall"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fex-border-patrol-chief-biden-admin-paying-contractors-millions-a-day-to-not-build-border-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=852750&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rodney-Scott.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rodney Scott, the former chief of the United States Border Patrol, said during a Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ex-biden-official-speaks-out-on-border-crisis-400k-illegals-have-escaped-into-u-s-90-never-deported\">interview<\/a> on Tuesday evening that the Biden administration has been paying contractors millions of dollars a day to not build the border wall along with U.S.-Mexico border, even as the administration faces an illegal immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Fox News anchor Bret Baier about what actions the Biden administration took on the border wall after they took over in January, Scott responded that they issued a&nbsp;presidential proclamation that put in place 60 day pause on the construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re supposed to do an in depth study and then come up with a plan going forward,\u201d Scott said. \u201cAs Border Patrol did its part, everything, that was done within about two weeks, several briefings later, there really had not been any decisions made, it went well beyond the 60 days. Many of those projects today are just still on hold. So we\u2019re paying contractors, for a while it was almost $5 million a day between DOD and DHS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, $5 million a day to not build the wall?\u201d Baier asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo not build a wall,\u201d Scott answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are stacks and stacks of border wall panels, there\u2019s hundreds of miles of fiber optic cabling, there\u2019s hundreds of cameras that were being installed with that, that are just sitting, there\u2019s no action being taken,\u201d Scott continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what do they say when the briefing is well, this really helps us, if we could just plug this in, if we could just finish this thing, what did they say?\u201d Baier asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not building more wall. There\u2019s no conversation,\u201d Scott responded. \u201cThere\u2019s no there\u2019s no adult dialogue, if you will. It\u2019s just it\u2019s just a black and white decision. The administration said we\u2019re not doing it. So we\u2019re not doing it. That money is just trickling away to those contractors for not doing work each day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former Biden official makes stunning claim about president&#039;s border policy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KqOV3U0JITc?start=431&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"90\">\n<p><em>BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Talk about the border wall. What were the instructions after the transition of administrations when it came to the wall?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>RODNEY SCOTT, FORMER BORDER PATROL CHIEF: So a presidential proclamation came out and it was a 60 day pause that is publicly available. We\u2019re supposed to do an in depth study and then come up with a plan going forward. As Border Patrol did its part, everything, that was done within about two weeks, several briefings later, there really had not been any decisions made, it went well beyond the 60 days. Many of those projects today are just still on hold. So we\u2019re paying contractors, for a while it was almost $5 million a day between DOD and DHS\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Just to not\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: To not build the border wall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Wait. $5 million a day to not build the wall?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: To not build a wall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Even though they have all the stuff, they have\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: There are&nbsp;stacks and stacks of border wall panels. There\u2019s hundreds of miles of fiber optic cabling. There\u2019s hundreds of cameras that were being installed with that, that are just sitting, there\u2019s no action being taken.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: So what do they say when the briefing is well, this really helps us, if we could just plug this in, if we could just finish this thing, what did they say?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: We\u2019re not building more wall. There\u2019s no conversation. There\u2019s no there\u2019s no adult dialogue, if you will. It\u2019s just it\u2019s just a black and white decision. The administration said we\u2019re not doing it. So we\u2019re not doing it. That money is just trickling away to those contractors for not doing work each day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: What is the Border Patrol morale?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: It\u2019s struggling right now. It really is struggling right now. Obviously, this administration doesn\u2019t really support border security. The current leadership within Border Patrol is doing everything they can to keep the guys focused that the mission matters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: When you heard President Biden say this\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[START VIDEO]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT: It was horrible what you see, as you saw, to see people treated like they did: horses nearly running them over and people being strapped. It\u2019s outrageous. I promise you, those people will pay. They will be \u2014 an investigation is underway now, and there will be consequences. There will be consequences.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[END VIDEO]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: What did you think?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: I was dumbfounded. To take a word from somebody else, I was outraged that all of a sudden due process goes out the window. Border Security, protects legal immigration. And those guys know it. That\u2019s what they\u2019ve been doing. And all of a sudden now, due process applies to everybody else, but not them? And then all of a sudden our horse patrol doing what they\u2019re supposed to do, which is prevent people from illegally entering our home, are now the villains.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: So it\u2019s frustrating?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: It\u2019s very frustrating.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: And do you hear that from guys?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SCOTT: I\u2019ve taken quite a few phone calls. It\u2019s very frustrating, the early retirements are going through the roof within Border Patrol. It worries me tremendously. We\u2019re losing a lot of experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Scott, the former chief of the United States Border Patrol, said during a Fox News interview on Tuesday evening that the Biden administration has been paying contractors millions of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-852750","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\/852750","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852750\/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=852750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}