r2d2 Posted March 3, 2022 Report Posted March 3, 2022 Mexican smugglers have sawed through chunks of Trump's border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, costing $2.6 million in repairs Sections of the Trump-era Southern border wall were cut through 3,272 times by smugglers ferrying migrants across the US-Mexico border U.S. Customs and Border Protection has spent $2.6 million in repairing the steel border beams over the last three years, according to The Washington Post The steel bollards range from 18 to 30 feet and are sawed off at the bottom, allowing migrants to walk through them CBP repair crews then place metal plate sleeves to secure the bottom end of the beams The agency detected 891 breaches in fiscal year 2019; 906 throughout fiscal year 2020, an additional 1,475 in fiscal year 2021 2 Quote
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