To build Abbott’s border barrier, Texas will use surplus wall panels from the federal government

Sign up for The BriefAfter the Biden administration halted the construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall, hundreds of unused wall panels were left at construction sites.

The Texas Facilities Commission, the state office in charge of Texas border wall construction, applied in November to receive the surplus panels through the federal government’s General Service Administration, a program that allows nonprofit organizations and state and local governments to receive property the federal government no longer needs.

Luca said the panels are being stored in “a temporary and secured area” in Maverick County under the watch of the Texas National Guard. Nicol said regardless of who is building border barriers, the wall will block the movement of endangered species like ocelots and could cause dangerous flooding.

Total insanity. Abbot's wall will become a monument to hate, fear, entitlement, and selfishness. Turn this ship around.

The Tx-GQP needs the boogiemen (immigrants), LGBT, vaginas, guns, etc, for distraction so you won’t notice that Texas’ millionaires & Biggest Corporations don’t pay anything near the proportional annual taxes that you do. Warren Buffet says his Secretary pays more than he does.

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Good. The scrap steel will be a boon to some poor people on the eastern end of the border.

Soooo... what is there to explain? They are panels designed for a border wall being used for, damn!, a border wall!

Looks like they will barely scratch the surface in wall length but will definitely add ugliness to the region and, ultimately, be a terrible deterrent. Thanks gubnerdunsel

So BIDWN IS HELPUNG TEXAS BUILD THE WALL?

Wait, I thought TX was low on funds? W/ such an increase in price on paper, ink & anything else reqd to print ballots, they had to limit the given out, I guess because TX couldn't afford the price increase? If we have money for this worthless heap of metal, why not ballots?

BS

Taking some of that Socialist free shit they GQP constantly rails against until they want some free shit then it’s like me, pick me, please please

Awesome

STOP STEALING THE MONEY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE . PLEASE GO GET OUT AND RETIRED.U MAKING LEAVING TRASH IN HOUSTON DALLAS AUSTIN LOOKS LIKE TRASH . USED THE MONEY TO MAKE JOBES IN TEXAS AND PAY PEOPLE FOR REAL . R U KIDDING . STOP STEALING

“With the 1,700 donated panels, the state can erect roughly 1.3 miles of border barrier.” Yeah, for $2 million in shipping, that’ll make a big difference

It'll be climbed in 10 mins by the first group of asylum seekers that encounter it. Wonder if GregAbbott_TX would entertain a wager against ALL of his future lawsuit payments he has coming?

If it's up to me as, POTUS Abbot down with, them demolish, the rest of what exest of the rest or else. State's Rights me at your peril, get it?

GREG ABBOTT’S JANKETY BORDER ‘WALL’ A flawed idea and political symbol grows ever more slapdash.

So...good for half a mile of the wall Texas's god claims he finished?

CAN GOVENOR ABBOTT SPEND MONEY ON LEGALIZING PEOPLE SO THEY CAN WORK IN TEXAS . ALL THESE JOBS TO FIX THIS RUN DOWN STATE INSTEAD OF LYING ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON A BOARD .THAT MONEY GOES TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS . CORPORATIONS HAVE NEVER PAID TAXES TO FIX THE ROADS OR SCHOOL TAXES

Abbott is just destroying the border environment for short term advantage and mostly out of spite. I don't know if the state or this country will really survive TFG. It's heartbreaking.

The crappy panels that were already failing?

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