The criticism I here is he has only done 8 miles and Mexico isn’t paying.
He has done hundreds of miles. Where did you get the figure 8 miles?
Paul Ryan, is it you posting under an alias? Will you educate us on your favs like ‘compassionate conservatism’ or the New World Order and the Bush crime family ‘Thousand Points of Light’ plan?
“The criticism I hear, is that he has only done 8 miles”
The latest report (by the Acting CBP Director), is that 65 miles are complete.
The pace is picking up quickly, and we are heading toward a rate of a mile per day sometime next year, as more crews are working simultaneously. So keeping up with the running total will be a challenge.
Beyond what is already finished, we have segments where construction is underway, others that have been contracted but not yet broken ground, and others that have been funded, but pending contract award.
The total finished, or in the pipeline, is now officially 529 miles (including the emergency funding, which the Supreme Court will probably have to rule on at some point).
The DoD retains a conservative surplus in the budget, before final contract prices are finalized. Likely, the $3.6 billion in Military Construction account funds will end up building a good 30 more miles, after prices are finalized.
Additionally, more money is likely in 2020.
Let the Left quibble about whether it is wall or fence, new or replacement. We are now off to the races, strongly fortifying our border.
Top of the line “wall system” (with roads, lights, cameras, sensors and alarms) are going in where it is needed most, and transforming conditions on the ground.