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EXCLUSIVE: Trump's border agency admits he has built ZERO new walls despite claiming otherwise for months — as the president prepares to veto lawmakers' attempt to kill his emergency declaration and keep his signature campaign promise alive U.S. Customs and Border Protection told DailyMail.com that no new border wall has been erected President Trump has boasted that he has built new walls, a claim that appears untrue given CBP's statement on the record All the construction along the border to date has consisted of replacement and 'secondary' fencing DailyMail.com asked CBP to identify where border walls exist in places where...

SANTA TERESA, N.M. Construction workers have completed more than half of a new barrier along a desolate stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico... U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials confirmed this week that more than 8,100 panels spanning more than 11 miles (18 kilometers) had been constructed as of Aug. 8.

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that 100 miles of border fence will be replaced with funding from the 2018 appropriations. San Diego’s sector will receive 14 miles of fencing in two different areas or 28 miles. In Calexico, two miles of a 30-foot border wall will replace two miles of pedestrian barrier. Santa Teresa, New Mexico, will see 20 miles constructed in April while the Rio Grande Valley will receive 25 miles of levee wall and 8 of border wall. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection updates the construction of a proposed border wall between the...

The U.S. government has awarded a Montana-based company a contract worth more than $73 million to design and build replacement fencing along 20 miles (32 kilometers) of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico, officials confirmed Wednesday. Existing vehicle barriers west of the Santa Teresa port of entry will be replaced with taller bollard-style barriers.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Trump administration announced Monday it was preparing to replace existing vehicle barriers along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico that officials call “an area of high illegal entry.” The notice published in the Federal Register said the area extends around 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry. According to the notice, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will replace the existing barriers with bollard walls to deter and prevent illegal crossings. Bollard walls are made up of sturdy, vertical posts that are spaced to provide visibility to the...

AUSTIN -- For years, El Paso officials have studied the multimillion-dollar plan to move hundreds of acres of rail yards out of Downtown to make way for more-attractive development. Texas voters might give the officials help with their plan next month. Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 constitutional amendment ballot would create a state fund of up to $2 billion to help move and improve rail lines statewide. Proponents of the measure say the fund would be the only way to generate billions of dollars needed to move rail yards out of urban areas. Critics contend that the fund would...