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The Dept. of Defense’s plan to put off $3.6 billion in construction projects and shift the agency’s already appropriated funds to build sections of the southwest border wall has sparked sharp criticism from Democrats in Congress.
As Congressional Democrats push new blocks to milcon funds for barriers and President Donald Trump seeks expensive changes, awarded contracts are protested.
About $1 billion in federal contracts have recently been awarded to modify sections of barriers on the U.S. border with Mexico, and the Dept. of Defense is seeking to follow up with more contracts in coming months.
President Donald Trump is facing challenges on Capitol Hill and in the courts over his emergency declaration, which would let him transfer funds from other construction accounts to pay for his long-desired wall along the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
The Associated General Contractors is ramping up efforts to convince the federal government to sue cities in California, Texas and other states that seek to bar contractors who take part in building the Trump administration’s planned Mexican border wall from doing public construction or gaining tax credits.
The Dept. of Homeland Security on Sept. 12 issued a waiver of laws, regulations and other legal requirements to expedite construction of border barriers near Calexico, Calif.
