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DHS: Border Wall could cost $21B, 3.5 years for construction
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:24 am
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:24 am
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's "wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters on Thursday.
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Many cost estimates and timelines have been floated since Trump campaigned on the promise of building a wall. The report seen by Reuters is the work of a group commissioned by Kelly as a final step before moving forward with requesting U.S. taxpayer funds from Congress and getting started on construction.
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A DHS spokeswoman said the department does "not comment on or confirm the potential existence of pre-decisional, deliberative documents."
A White House spokeswoman said it would be "premature" to comment on a report that has not officially been presented to the president.
The report said the first phase would be the smallest, targeting sections covering 26 miles near San Diego, California; El Paso, Texas; and in Texas's Rio Grande Valley.
The report assumes DHS would get funding from Congress by April or May, giving the department sufficient time to secure contractors and begin construction by September. Trump has said Congress should fund the wall upfront, but that Mexico will reimburse U.S. taxpayers. Mexico has said it will not pay.
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Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:25 am to joshnorris14
Not if we hire some Mexicans to build it.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:26 am to joshnorris14
So, if we scale back most of the federal aide we send to Mexico and ram remittance taxes up Pena Nieto's arse in the next 4 months, we can have the wall before the next inauguration.
I'm in.
I'm in.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:26 am to joshnorris14
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but that Mexico will reimburse U.S.
If the wall gets built but this never happens, how will this board feel about it?
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:29 am to Draconian Sanctions
1. It will happen
2. I'll be slightly less happy about having a border Wall with Mexico.
2. I'll be slightly less happy about having a border Wall with Mexico.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:30 am to joshnorris14
DGAF if it costs three times that.
I want a big beautiful wall.
I want a big beautiful wall.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:30 am to joshnorris14
Trumptards need not worry; good excuses will be provided for why it doesn't get built.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:35 am to TX Tiger
Well if we charge every LEGAL immigrant A $500 entrance fee, it would be fully paid for in 80 years.
Geez.
Geez.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:36 am to FanInLA
Good thing Mexico is paying for it!
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:37 am to joshnorris14
What would the net costs of entitlements be if we gave amnesty to the 11+ million illegals? Much less than $21 billion I bet
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:38 am to Draconian Sanctions
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If the wall gets built but this never happens, how will this board feel about it?
I won't care. $21B is pocket change compared to all the nonsense the left spends our tax dollars on every year. The wall should have been built decades ago anyway.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:39 am to TrebleHook
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What would the net costs of entitlements be if we gave amnesty to the 11+ million illegals? Much less than $21 billion I bet
You aren't good at math.
21B/11M is roughly $2,000
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:40 am to Draconian Sanctions
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If the wall gets built but this never happens, how will this board feel about it?
How much have we pissed away in Iraq?
You nor I had any control over that just like we won't over this.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:40 am to AUstar
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I won't care. $21B is pocket change compared to all the nonsense the left spends our tax dollars on every year. The wall should have been built decades ago anyway.
So it's okay to waste taxpayer dollars, just as long as it's on something you like?
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:41 am to joshnorris14
Let's get started then. Price will only go up the longer we wait. 
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:41 am to MrLarson
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How much have we pissed away in Iraq?
About a trillion dollars? Whose idea was that again? Oh yeah Republicans, the so called party of fiscal responsibility
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:41 am to joshnorris14
quote:So despite being headed by someone is more efficient, it is still the government afterall.
DHS: Border Wall could cost $21B, 3.5 years for construction
So my guess is that it will be more like 63 billion and 10.5 years once the typical inefficiencies start happening.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:42 am to Draconian Sanctions
As long as it's the taxpayers of the Estados Unidos Mexicanos, ok by me!
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:42 am to joshnorris14
Posted on 2/10/17 at 10:43 am to TrebleHook
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What would the net costs of entitlements be if we gave amnesty to the 11+ million illegals? Much less than $21 billion I bet
Estimate cost for illegals is over $100 billion a year...
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