A border patrol agent is seen along the border during the official start for the construction of new bollard wall to replace 20 miles of primary vehicle barriers in santa teresa new mexico.
Bollard border wall.
This funding is supporting the top border barrier priorities for the u s.
Trump initially wanted to build a concrete wall along the length of the border but was talked out of it by homeland security officials who said the bollard system is a superior design because it.
Assaults on border patrol agents are down a year after the completion of the bollard fence between the the united states and mexico in nogales.
In fiscal year 2017 cbp received 341 million for the construction of approximately 40 miles of new bollard wall and gates in priority areas at the san diego el centro el paso and the rio grande valley sectors.