I heard that Mexico was going to pay for the Wall. With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time. With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Landowner resistance forces Texas to build wall in remote areas That decision, made in the waning hours of this year’s legislative session, leaves the future of the state wall unclear. Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date. The Texas Tribune reported last year that the wall is full of gaps that migrants and smugglers can easily walk around and mostly concentrated on sprawling ranches in rural areas, where illegal border crossings are less likely to occur. The state keeps wall locations secret. But an investigation by the Tribune last year found that it is not a contiguous structure, but dozens of fragmented sections scattered across the six counties between Del Rio and Brownsville. The Tribune also found the program has been hamstrung by landowners on the border who have refused to let the state build wall on their property. Almost all of the Texas land that abuts the Rio Grande is privately owned, and the Legislature prohibited the use of eminent domain for the wall. In November, the program manager reported that a third of landowners approached said they were not interested in having the wall on their land. A Republican state senator filed a bill to allow the state to use eminent domain to seize land for the wall this past session, however, it died in committee. As a result of landowner resistance, construction appeared to be driven by where the state could acquire land rather than where it would be most effective, border security experts who reviewed the wall locations said. Most of the wall segments built have been on ranches in rural areas, where the experts said barriers would be most useful in urban areas, where people illegally crossing could easily disappear into buildings or vehicles. Holdouts have continued to be an obstacle, program documents show. As of March, 24% of property owners the state approached declined to host wall on their land, accounting for 41 miles of wall route the state wanted to obtain. The federal government’s plans to continue building the wall remain unclear. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment. Trump has signaled deporting undocumented immigrants is a higher priority of his second administration than building physical border barriers, once his signature campaign promise when he first sought the White House in 2016. View attachment upload_2025-6-26_14-35-2.jpeg
Fine, you don't want a wall, the next time you have a problem with border crossing, call the Mexican government rather than the police. Let them stop them on the Mexican side. Sorry I can't help you but that is private property and we aren't allowed to trespass per the Texas legislator. They cut your fence and are barbequing a cow in your pasture. I am afraid that you will have to call ICE, that is an international problem, not a Texas problem.
They receive payouts from Leftists to fight the wall. Additionally, radicals have been trying to buy up border land for decades. Government under the radical Leftists like Biden and his handlers also sued people regularly. Then we have the small portion of holdouts who do not want to give up even an inch of their land to the State. Of course, nobody owns land in this country any more...but try telling them that (even as they pay taxes). A wall isn't absolutely necessary, anyway. As long as we maintain a presence with border patrol and no longer welcome invaders, I mean illegals, and couple this with not incentivizing this behavior, illegal immigration will dry up tremendously. We've existed nearly 250 years without a damn wall already. Personally, I believe we should incentivize the Mexican GOV to actively patrol their side and pay them off for doing a good job. It's far less expensive to pay them to assist. Also, I'd strongly advise re-instituting the Minuteman Project (Citizens actively patrolling and working with border patrol) as well as building more border patrol stations and staffing them, because more agents equals more coverage. We can continue to add to the wall on high traffic areas, but total coverage just isn't necessary. Then again...if I were in charge...I'd shoot every illegal in the head and send their corpse to their home country (if they are members of gangs and drug running or sex trafficking). But I'm not POTUS. Hell, I'd round up every single communist leftist violent agitator and place them in prison camps and interrogate every last one, then send them all to China with a brand burned into their cheek as a reminder they are not welcome and will be identified wherever they go. But I'm an asshole like that.
the US just announced another 250 miles of Texas border will be militarized and patrolled by the US Army >>>>
My payouts from George Soros have not been hitting my account lately. I don't like a life long con-man telling everyone that Mexico will pay for the Wall, and then the former pres. of Mexico who has little power telling Don I am not going to pay for the Fucking wall, the former pres. Of Mexico wins and the current POTUS loses. And very little wall being built. Send em' back, there are more than enough planes out there.
can't believe anyone is still repeating idiotic CNN trash talk 8yrs later - maybe you should start ranting that you injected clorox like CNN told you to and you still got Covid .....
Land mines surrounded on eah side by a 3 wire barbed wire fence are cheaper than a big steel wall. Just saying.
Well, the 'Wall' is a figurative way of referring to securing the border. I mean, some places you don't need a physical wall. Besides, I am not too worried about is as the border is secure and definitely will be at least as long as Trump is in there. I do like @mysterymet cheaper alternative. Land mines are an excellent means of deterring trespassers...wish I could put some around the property. Heh-heh! BOOM! Sorry about that but next sign read the 'NO TRESPASSING' sign. LOL!
I would gladly take a job, but i want signs up "cross at your own risk, land mines and sniper in area" im shure alot of people would work
