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Pentagon authorises $1 billion for US-Mexico border wall

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The Pentagon on Monday authorised $1 billion to build a part of the wall along the US-Mexico border, reported CNN. The Department of Homeland Security had asked the Pentagon to build 92 kilometers of 18-foot fencing, construct and improve roads and install lights along the stretch.

Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan “authorised the commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing up to $1 billion in support to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol”, a Pentagon statement read, according to AFP.

Democratic senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s subcommittees on Defense and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies signed a letter to Shanahan in which they said the Pentagon did not seek permission before notifying the committee of the transfer.