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Yesterday evening, Joe Biden waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for border wall construction. This is the first time the administration has used executive power employed during the Trump presidency, for the border wall.
In a posting to the Federal Registry, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, said: "There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas."
The Federation for American Immigration Reform, welcomed the announcement. "After years of denying that a border wall and other physical barriers are effective, the DHS announcement represents a sea change in the administration's thinking: A secure wall is an effective tool for maintaining control of our borders," It's President, Dan Stein, said in a statement. "Having made that concession, the administration needs to immediately begin construction of wall across the border to prevent the illegal traffic from simply moving to other areas of the border."
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