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March 21, 2017

Trump wall: it must take at least an hour to cut through it

  • One of the contract requests calls for a solid concrete wall, while the other seeks a see-through structure.
    • By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through, according to a pair of contract notices posted to a government website further detailing President Donald Trump's promise to build a “big, beautiful wall” at the Mexican border.

    The notices were made public late Friday by Customs and Border Protection, the Homeland Security Department agency that will oversee the project and eventually patrol and maintain the wall. The proposals are due to the government by March 29.


     
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