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September 28, 2018

Crews Begin Construction of New Wall at El Paso-Juarez Border
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On the U.S.-Mexico border, construction crews have begun work on a new
steel wall separating El Paso, Texas from neighboring Ciudad Juárez. The
new four-mile long section of 18-foot high wall will replace an existing
border fence, at an estimated cost of $22 million. This is El Paso
County Commissioner David Stout speaking at a protest against the wall
earlier this week.

David Stout: [Translated] "It damages this community, because ours is a
binational community. We all have family, friends, and coworkers who
live on that side and work here, or vice versa. And in my opinion, we
are sending a very ugly message to our brothers in Mexico while it's one
of the countries we in the United States depend on the most
economically, especially the communities along the border."

President Trump has failed on his campaign promise to build a wall along
the entire southern border and to make Mexico pay for it.


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