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DHS Chief: U.S. To Build ‘400-450 Miles’ Of Southern Border Protections By End Of Year

Ashe Schow
DHS Chief: U.S. To Build ‘400-450 Miles’ Of Southern Border Protections By End Of Year
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The U.S. is on pace to secure an additional 400-450 miles of its Southern Border with Mexico by the end of 2020, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Wednesday during a press conference with President Donald Trump.

CNS news reported on Wolf’s comments, during which he told viewers that “very few people are coming into country right now. And as we complete, again, the wall, in addition to the 27,000 (Mexican) soldiers, it’s a very — it’s a very tough place to come into.”

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