$5B Wall Budget adds only 215 More Miles

From Dec. 2018 Article – 84 Miles will begin construction in Feb 2019.

"According to DHS , the March funding from Congress will pay for 84 miles along the southern border, including the 33 miles for Texas. And if the Trump administration gets the $5 billion it's requested, DHS says it would build 215 miles that it considers the "highest priority," include 159 miles in Texas.

Whether DHS got a "great price" on the 33 miles is up for debate. Twocontracts announced by CBP to build 14 of those miles total $313 million, or roughly $22 million per mile.

There's already 653 miles of border fence in place, built under the Secure Fence Act passed in 2006. CBP estimated in 2015 that the total cost to build that mileage was $2.3 billion, or roughly $3.5 million a mile. Many of those miles were built with less complicated design or on easier terrain than where CBP wants to build now."

"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/12/26/fact-check-trump-confuses-misleads-on-border-wall