A migrant family walks through a hole in the border wall in El Paso, Texas, on December 19, 2022.
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The Facilities Commission Texas approved a $137 million dollar contract Thursday for a company from that state that is destined to continue building the wall on the border, for less money than the one recently awarded to a private builder of the wall, according to Border Report.
This is the fifth contract awarded to finance the border wall with state funds. The contracts now include the total construction of more than 31.7 miles of new border barrier along the Texas-Mexico border.
The new funds will finance the construction of more than six miles of border wall in Webb and Zapata counties, near Laredo.
the republican governor Greg Abbott announced in 2021 that he would use Texas state funds to resume construction of the wall, after President Joe Biden halted most of the border wall work ordered by Donald Trump.
However, the TFC indicated that does not anticipate awarding more contracts until more funds are appropriated by the Texas legislatureaccording to information cited by Border Report.
As part of the five contracts, the TFC had approved in September of last year $307 million to build almost 14 miles of new border barriers in the Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley areas. According to the TFC, only 1.7 miles of barrier construction on Starr County land had been completed as of September of last year.
The Biden administration also resumed work to reinforce border barriers in 2023.
The Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported last Tuesday that, after a suspension of five months, it will resume the repair of the border barrier at Parque de la Amistad in San Diego, California, which used to be a meeting place for families. on either side of the border.
With information from EFE
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