Trump's wall prototypes to come down along U.S.-Mexico border

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC News

Money has already been set aside for their removal, a U.S. Border Patrol official said.




Feb. 22, 2019, 10:29 PM CST
By Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — The eight border-wall prototypes President Donald Trump inspected during a visit to California in March are going to be torn down to make way for a second barrier separating California and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Customs and Border Protection said Friday.

Construction crews have replaced one layer of fencing along a 14-mile stretch of the border separating Mexico and California. Crews recently started work on replacing and extending a secondary fence as well.

Border Patrol Agent Theron Francisco said Friday it isn't clear when the prototypes will come down but added that the money has already been set aside for their removal.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday they cost between $300,000 and $500,000 apiece to build.



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[rampartc]

1. why?

they are there. they are paid for. at least leave them up for the duration of the emergency.

[lunatica]

2. There's no date set aside yet

They might be up for years.

They should paint “Trump’s Folly” on them and say it’s art. His base would love it and they could be a tourist destination. A reminder of the good old days when they almost made it.

[oldsoftie]

6. Like that Ark in Tennessee! (i think thats where it is)

[atreides1]

9. It's in Kentucky

And the tax paying people of that great state footed the bill for it...and the town that supported it, hasn't received anything!

[oldsoftie]

11. Really? Wow, i didnt know that. How the hell did they get the state to pay for a religious park?

I'd have a fit

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Not just a religious park. I was told by an enthusiastic xtian who visited that ark, ...

... that it is a real ark, ready to sail at the next flood, loaded with all the species of the earth.

So, not just for show, not just a museum, not a hoax. The real deal.

I was told by the same person that the earth is 7000 years old.

[oldsoftie]

13. i think it was built to the sizes referenced in the Bible. But i didnt know it was "rapture ready"!

i would have had to ask, how will they get all the species from other continents over here??

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Any species that can't get on the ark is unworthy of survival, in some Dog's eye.

Those species must have been invented by Satin, anyway, or they'd be here in Dog's country.

Any species of note is in the Louisville zoo, ready to go.

Or, in the words of a true believer, stop asking questions - Dog will make it happen.

[oldsoftie]

16. Yep, "stop asking questions'. When they dont have any answers!!!

[politicaljunkie41910]

14. What a waste of money. Trump sure knows how to waste other people's money.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday they cost between $300,000 and $500,000 apiece to build.

Also, what's the deal with the ties. Trump and Lil Kim get into a pissing contest on whose is the biggest?

[Achilleaze]

3. "Mr. KGOP republican Draft Dodger* tear down these prototype walls." - Decent Americans

* aka Comrade Dirty Donny, republican family-values role model.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. I know a couple of kick *ss artists that could fix them. No demolition required.

So much whining, I mean winning.

[watoos]

5. It just dawned on me,

That's the wall that Trump said he started building. He didn't lie.

[oldsoftie]

7. You know what, to him that counts. And to his people too!

[ThoughtProvoker]

8. Good!

Now, take the rest down, and don't put anything else up. #WallsAreEvil

[B Stieg]

10. "Mr. Trump, tear down these walls" nt