Biden admin quietly approves construction of U.S.-Mexico border wall near Yuma, Arizona
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The Biden administration has resumed construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Yuma, Arizona, as the Homeland Security Department announced it will fill four major gaps.
A welded plaque with the name of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Yuma, Arizona on June 2, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) A welded plaque commemorates the construction of 100 miles of new boarder wall along the border between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on June 2, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) A gap along the border wall between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on June 1, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Aerial view of immigrants waiting to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma, Arizona on June 22, 2022. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)
The plan includes filling four major gaps in the wall that continue to allow the Yuma area to be one of the busiest corridors for illegal immigration crossings.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized the new plan, which was started by the Trump administration, in an effort to "deploy modern, effective border measures" and improve "safety and security along the Southwest Border," the agency said.