Military funds for Trump border wall to be cancelled

The Biden administration said it will also fix flooding and soil erosion caused by unfinished sections of the wall.

The Pentagon on Friday said it was cancelling the construction of parts of former President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico that were being built using military funds, with the unused money being returned to the military. Trump declared a national emergency in 2019 in an effort to redirect funding to build a wall along the US southern border. President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on January 20, his first day in office, ordering a freeze on border wall projects and directing a review of the legality of its funding and contracting methods.