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July 7, 2026

Administration's $46B ‘smart wall' races ahead on the US-Mexico border

  • Contracts for hundreds of miles of wall have been signed.
    • By REBECCA SANTANA
    Associated Press

    PHOENIX — For decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire.

    Now, after a massive infusion of cash from Congress, President Donald Trump's administration is swiftly building what it has dubbed a “smart wall,” a combination of 30-foot-tall steel fencing and an array of sophisticated technology like sensors, cameras and towers allowing Border Patrol to surveil the territory.


     
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