DHS cancels 2 Texas border wall projects

July 24, 2021 carleyshaffer1 US 0

The US Department of Homeland Security building building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP) (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security building is seen in Washington, D.C. (ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

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UPDATED 6:07 PM PT – Friday, July 23, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security announced the cancellation of two Trump-era border wall contracts. On Friday, the DHS said it would be cancelling the projects in the Laredo Sector of the southern border, which would have stretched for about 31 miles.

This falling in line with Joe Biden’s goal of cancelling all Trump-era border wall construction. Just last month, the White House announced its plans to return over $2 billion in funds originally set aside for the border wall under the Trump administration, to work on other military projects.

“DHS continues to review all other paused border barrier projects and is in the process of determining which projects may be necessary to address life, safety, environmental, or other remediation requirements and where to conduct environmental planning,” said the department.

TOPSHOT - Border Patrol officers keep warch before U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen inaugurates the first completed section of President Trumps 30-foot border wall in the El Centro Sector, at the US Mexico border in Calexico, California on October 26, 2018. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Border Patrol officers keep watch. (MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Texas’ plan to launch its own border wall project and has asked other governors for their support. This comes as the Army Corp of Engineers have been working to cancel 20 other border wall contracts.