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struggle4progress

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 09:16 AM Jan 2021

Heads to Rio Grande valley Tuesday

BY JEREMY SCHWARTZ, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE AND PROPUBLICA
JAN. 9, 2021
11 HOURS AGO

... CBP Acting Commissioner .. Morgan said the agency aims to award new contracts for 300 miles of new fencing before Jan. 19 ...

As a result of .. eminent domain battles .. of the 110 miles the administration planned to build in South Texas, only 15 miles had been finished as of mid-December ...

... the .. strategy of awarding contracts before acquiring titles to .. land .. has led to millions of dollars in costs ...

“I think he’s got much bigger issues than coming over and seeing his 14th century solution called ‘The Wall,’” U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, who represents western Hidalgo County told the Mission newspaper Progress Times. “But, as you know, he started his campaign attacking Mexico and building the wall and all that. And I think he wants to end his term the same way.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/09/donald-trump-texas-rio-grande-valley/

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Heads to Rio Grande valley Tuesday (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2021 OP
Just make sure he stands there for MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #1
I hope that no one wastes their time protesting his visit. sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #2
Like the deperadoes in the old westerns Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2021 #3
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