NEW Border Wall or NO NEW Border Wall? THAT IS THE QUESTION

I guess the Answer may depend on who you want to believe or maybe what your definition of is is. According to several news sites including FOX NEWS and the Washington Examiner, NO NEW Border 'fence' has been built in the past 30 months.

Are we perhaps Talking APPLES (BORDER WALL) and ORANGES (BORDER FENCE)? Could this confusion be simply over terminology ... WALL v. FENCE?

Now HERE'S this report: CBP Completes Construction of 50 miles of New Border Wall:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has completed construction of approximately 50 miles of new bollard wall projects authorized by funding from fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

Since January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have received funding to support construction of up to approximately 201-205 miles of new border barriers through a combination of appropriations and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF). This funding is supporting the top border barrier priorities for the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP).

In fiscal year 2017 CBP received $341 million for the construction of approximately 40 miles of new Bollard Wall and gates in priority areas at the San Diego, El Centro, El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley Sectors. To this date, CBP has completed the construction of approximately 99 percent of the 40 miles funded in fiscal year 2017. Additionally, construction of 35 gates to close gaps in current border infrastructure in the Rio Grande Valley sector continues.

CBP also has completed approximately 10 miles of the 80 miles of new border wall of funded by Congress for fiscal year 2018. The $1.375 million assigned for construction will allow CBP will focus its construction efforts in priority areas in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego.

Border wall construction planning efforts will continue in fiscal year 2019, as CBP will use $2 billion authorized by Congress to build approximately 85 miles of new border wall focus in the Rio Grande Valley.

See new and legacy bollard border wall in Tecate, Calif. at: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/696225/new-and-legacy-border-wall-flyover-tecate-calif ; https://www.dvidshub.net/video/696259/new-and-legacy-border-wall-flyover-tecate-calif-2 and https://www.dvidshub.net/video/696268/new-and-legacy-border-wall-flyover-tecate-calif-3

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