{"id":26220,"date":"2023-10-05T06:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26220"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:24:04","slug":"biden-approves-new-section-of-border-wall-as-mexico-crossings-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/10\/05\/biden-approves-new-section-of-border-wall-as-mexico-crossings-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden approves new section of border wall as Mexico crossings rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US President Joe Biden’s administration is to build a section of border wall in southern Texas in an effort to stop rising levels of immigration.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Around 20 miles (32km) will be built in Starr County along its border with Mexico, where officials report high numbers of crossings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Building a border wall was a signature policy of Donald Trump as president and fiercely opposed by Democrats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2020, Mr Biden promised he would not build another foot of wall if elected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the rising number of illegal border crossings has made the issue a vulnerable one for the president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More than 245,000 crossings have been made this year, government data shows, and September is expected to be a record month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Several US cities say they are feeling the strain of the influx.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams predicted the cost of housing the more than 100,000 new arrivals since last year will rise to $12bn over the next three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Adams is travelling to Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador this week to discourage migrants from setting out. “We are at capacity,” he said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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President Biden’s secretary of homeland security referred to an “acute and immediate need” to build the new section of wall and prevent unlawful entries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dozens of federal laws have been waived in order to approve its construction, including the Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The move has angered environmentalists, who say the structures will cut through the habitats of endangered plants and animals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s disheartening to see President Biden stoop to this level, casting aside our nation’s bedrock environmental laws to build ineffective wildlife-killing border walls,” said Laiken Jordahl, a conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to a proposal by US Customs and Border Protection, the barriers will consist of large bollards embedded in a concrete base, as well as gates, cameras and CCTV equipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Homeland Security said it would use funding secured during Donald Trump’s presidency to build the new section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is the first time the Biden administration has used its powers to approve the construction of new walls – something that was done often during Mr Trump’s time in office, when 450 miles was built.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday, Mr Trump blamed the president for causing the crisis by repealing his strict border policies and now having to reintroduce them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“He has to do all of the [other] things that we were doing,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Biden has been facing increasing criticism over his immigration policies in the wake of a recent surge of migrants crossing into the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US Border Patrol apprehended 181,059 people along the southern border in August compared with 132,648 in July, according to the latest data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mexico’s president, Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, said that 10,000 people arrived at the border every day last week alone.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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