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“Biden, God forbid if he does get in , will put an immediate stop to the building”

The article talks about that quite a bit. Contracts can simply be terminated for the Convenience of the Government, at some negotiated payment (I’d guess 10% of the unfinished work).

It is certainly likely in many cases, but not necessarily all.

In the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo Sectors, the money for construction came from direct (Democrat) Congressional appropriations, designated for these specific miles of barrier - not diverted from the Military budget.

The local (overwhelmingly Democrat) areas will benefit greatly from this barrier as a temporary stimulus (pork barrel project), as an otherwise affordable upgrade of their earthen levees to full FEMA Hurricane rating, and from the improved long term economic development (and improved tax revenues) that follows from the improved security, everywhere that good barrier goes in.

So while it is likely that a (I spit when I say it) Biden Admin would immediately stop new contract awards and land acquisition efforts, they might well treat different contracts already underway, differently.

Those which had not yet started work would likely be the easiest to halt. Those with diverted Military funding however, might be prioritized for termination - or be a casualty of Biden simply not extending the declared emergency. But if they do distinguish among the many efforts (rather than just issuing a blanket stop work order), than the efforts in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo, with direct appropriations and Democrat constituencies, might be among the most likely to complete.

When Obama/Biden took office in 2009, they allowed Bush-era Border Wall Projects that were already funded and contracted to run through completion. Admittedly, the Dem Party is much more radical today however.

“Biden, God forbid if he does get in , will put an immediate stop to the building.”

Isn’t it “interesting” that RGB passed just when she did-with just enough time to confirm ACB to the SCOTUS right before this whole election debacle ends up in the Supreme Court? We may look back on these events in the coming months and realize how Providential things turned out.