Today, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan
authorized the commander of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning
and executing up to $1 billion in support to the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Patrol.
These funds will be used to support DHS’s request to build 57 miles of
18-foot-high pedestrian fencing, constructing and improving roads, and
installing lighting within the Yuma and El Paso Sectors of the border in
support of the February 15 national emergency declaration on the southern
border of the United States.
10 U.S.C. § 284(b)(7) gives the Department of Defense the
authority to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block
drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States
in support of counter-narcotic activities of Federal law enforcement agencies.
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