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February 22, 2018

Work starts on Calif. border wall

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government has started work on a border wall in California to replace a decaying decades-old barrier.

The work that began Wednesday in the city of Calexico is the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built in San Diego. It is a little more than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long — a tiny portion of the president's plans for what he calls a “big, beautiful wall” with Mexico.


 
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