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Several weeks ago, the Trump administration announced new border wall segments would be constructed in San Diego County.
More recently, the plan to do that in Laredo, Texas, gained some attention.
The projects received some scattered criticism, but the general response seemed to be, “Oh, that.”
Remarkably, what was once the centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy and politics is now almost an afterthought.
The past battles over Trump’s wall may have diminished, though the price tag hasn’t. Earlier this year, Congress approved $46.5 billion for the project, up from the $5 billion Trump requested in 2018 during his first term.
The “build the wall” ethos has been eclipsed by the focus on Trump’s interior immigration enforcement, with tough, high-profile raids in cities that have at times snared U.S. citizens and people with a legal right to be in the country, in addition to undocumented immigrants.
Support them or not, those sometimes brutal actions have sent an unmistakable warning to would-be border crossers, while asylum restrictions and other measures at the border make it nearly impossible to come here — illegally and, to an increasing degree, legally.
Chad Wolf, Trump’s acting homeland security secretary during his first administration, recently Read Entire Article
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