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Thanks to con­gres­sion­al fund­ing rules, the con­struc­tion of Pres­i­dent Trump’s bor­der wall will con­tin­ue into next year, no mat­ter what the final out­come of the Elec­toral Col­lege elec­tion is.

Act­ing Deputy Home­land Secu­ri­ty Sec­re­tary Ken Cuc­cinel­li told us that because a chunk of the mon­ey for the project was appro­pri­at­ed by Con­gress, it has to be spent.

How­ev­er, a Biden admin­is­tra­tion could redi­rect Pen­ta­gon mon­ey that Trump is using for the mas­sive infra­struc­ture project.

415 miles of new bor­der wall sys­tem pro­tect­ing our com­mu­ni­ties through­out the coun­try. pic.twitter.com/9WetQbRudi

— CBP Mark Mor­gan (@CBPMarkMorgan) Decem­ber 1, 2020