Trump’s border wall gets authorisation of $1 billion by Pentagon

Washington: The United State Department of Defense authorised $1 billion to build US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a 57-mile section of “pedestrian fencing”, roads and lighting along the border between the US-Mexico, the Pentagon chief said on Monday.

US President Donald Trump had declared a national emergency last month in a bid to fund his promised border wall without congressional approval.

Last week, the Pentagon gave Congress a list that included $12.8 billion of construction projects for which it said funds could be redirected for construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border.

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan authorized the US Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing the project that would involve building 57 miles of 18-foot-high fencing, constructing and improving roads, and installing lighting within the Yuma and El Paso sections of the US-Mexico border.

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