Nearly $500,000 worth of materials intended for construction of the wall have been sold since late July.
on Saturday following a report that the federal government is allegedly selling millions of dollars of unused parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
GovPlanet, an online marketplace for surplus government materials, recently oversaw the sale of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of square structural tubes produced by Nucor Tubular that were apparently intended for former PresidentTrump has touted the completion of more than 450 miles of the wall during his tenure as president, though most of that was replacing existing structures. Only
were built in areas where there were previously no structures. Biden, who has said a border wall is not a serious immigration solution, ended its construction when taking office in January 2021.Asylum-seekers line up to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the U.S.-Mexico border near Somerton, Arizona, on December 26, 2022.
"USACE has already transferred approximately $154 million worth of the roughly $260 million of bollard panels and other materials in accordance with standard excess property disposition procedures. USACE stands ready to implement a decision regarding disposition of the remaining materials," the spokesperson wrote in a statement.
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