US: Pentagon to cancel Trump’s Mexico wall projects using military funds

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 01, May 2021

In the US, the Pentagon yesterday said it was canceling the construction of parts of former US President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico that were being built using military funds.
 
Pentagon spokesman Jamal Brown said that the Department of Defense is proceeding with canceling all border barrier construction projects paid for with funds originally intended for other military missions and functions such as schools for military children, overseas military construction projects in partner nations, and the National Guard and Reserve equipment account. He added that the returned funds would be used for deferred military construction projects.
 
Former US President Trump had declared a national emergency in 2019 in an effort to redirect funding to build a wall along the U.S. southern border. The diversion of funds from the Pentagon had been heavily criticized by US lawmakers, who said it put national security at risk and circumvented congress.
 
US President Joe Biden had issued a proclamation on January 20th, his first day in office, ordering a freeze on border wall projects and directing a review of the legality of its funding and contracting methods.

Sources : News on AIR