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Four extreme ways President Trump is fighting migrants in and out of the U.S.

by Novieku Babatunde Adeola, 4:00pm October 10, 2019,
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Border Wall_Photo: Washington Post

Building a Wall

In the run-up to the 2016 elections, Trump promised to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. The wall which was supposed to be 2, 000-mile long is to stop permanently the movement of migrants from Tijuana in Mexico into the U.S. State of San Diego.

Before then, however, the border had in place a 654 miles barrier along the Southern border to stop pedestrians and 300 miles anti-vehicles fencing to stop vehicles from moving into the U.S.

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Donald Trump walks up the border_Photo: Politico

Since January 2017, a whopping $9.8 billion has been secured to construct approximately 509 miles of “new border wall system”, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: October 10, 2019

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