The Secretary of the National Security Department, Kristi Noem, on June 5, issued three resignations on the environmental rules for the construction of approximately 36 kilometers of nine border wall in Arizona and New Mexico. This adds to a resignation signed by Noem in April for the construction of border walls in California.
It 1.375 million dollars Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (language) A contract vehicle used to build the wall segment in the sectors of the Tucson, Yuma and Paso border patrol, which includes part of New Mexico and the border with Mexico, which were originally granted in July 2023 by the administration bid with money appropriate by Congress in 2020 and early 2021 during the first Trump administration.
The El Paso projects were awarded to the general contractor SLSCO LTD., Galveston, Texas and the Yuma Barry M. Goldwater Wall project was awarded as part of a larger contract with San Diego Wall projects to general contractors Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., Dickinson, and a contractor has not yet been named for Tucson projects.
The projects include: The El Paso Santa Teresa Secondary Wall Project sector, 7 miles; The Wall Project in the El Paso sector 16-4 Anapra, 1.3 miles; The wall project of sector 2 El Paso and the port of the front door, 0.2 miles; The Yuma Barry M. Goldwater Range Project sector, which will close seven lagoons on the existing wall, 40-240 feet; the Tucson Sonoita project, 24.7 miles; The Tucson 10-4 project, less than 0.2 miles; and the Tucson 10-6, 2.1 miles project.
The use of DHS resignations to prevent environmental laws, including the Law of National Environmental Policy, because the construction of a border wall was common under Trump’s first administration. It was also used in 2023 by the Biden administration for a section of border wall previously authorized by the Trump administration; The project ultimately did not restart. The resignations were issued according to Section 102 of the Law on the Immigration Immigration and Responsibility of the Immigrants of 1996.
The projects will close what DHS calls critical gaps on the border wall. The agency said that these enclosures are necessary for border security operations in these sectors.
