California state officials at the border wall with Mexico in San Diego on December 5
Sheet The Hill On December 21, it was reported that US President-elect Donald Trump is asking the court to intervene, after accusing President Joe Biden’s administration of liquidating border wall materials at the request of Congress.
The new move from Mr. Trump’s team is based on information from the newspaper Daily Wire claim that the US government organized a “sell-off” of construction materials intended to be used to build a border wall with Mexico to prevent illegal immigrants.
However, the information in the article contradicts last year’s defense policy bill, which required the administration to distribute or sell unused border wall materials, which the administration has complied with. player in the summer.
“Today, President (elect) Trump filed a brief in the Southern District of Texas asking a highly respected federal judge to immediately stop the “dumping” of border wall materials at high prices. extremely cheap by Mr. Biden’s administration and ordered an investigation,” according to spokesman Steven Cheung representing Mr. Trump’s election campaign.
“Any effort by Mr. Biden’s officials to obstruct President (elect) Trump’s border wall plans is illegal, unconstitutional and possibly criminal, as the summary states. short of our argument,” Mr. Cheung said, adding that Mr. Trump will still be determined to build a border wall.
Mr. Trump supports it, the House of Representatives rejects the budget, and the US government is at risk of shutdown
Last year, Congress required Mr. Biden’s administration to dispose of unused border wall materials. A US official said this was in a provision drafted by the Republican party.
The measure, included in the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizes the sale or donation of these items to states on the southern border, provided they are used to refurbish existing barriers , no need to install new barriers.
However, the US Department of Defense said it could not block further sales because all surplus border wall material had been distributed.
A US official said US Customs and Border Protection and the states of Texas and California all requested and received the materials months ago. The rest was sold to GovPlanet, which buys and auctions government surplus.
