interest. they ll be asked for designs and eventually to build prototype wall structures near the border. firms include large construction companies, small fence companies and security firms, dozens of the interested companies say in their paperwork that they are owned by hispanic, hispanic-owned companies. even these companies know almost nothing of the plans they re going to build on. the d.o.j. expects to award initial contracts in pripapril. t the issue is how they are going to pay for it. he received a concrete offer during the campaign for how much it would cost. mitch mcconnell said he expects tlt cost 12 to 15 billion. other independent estimates put it as high as 25 billion. what a lot of the agents have said they want something they can see through. that would be helpful to them to see what is going on on the other side of this wall, not a giant concrete great wall. right, more of a fence than a wall. one of the interesting, you know, barriers has been, no pun
they are the enemy of the people. reporter: after an extended opening against the media. it doesn t represent the people, it never will represent the people, and we re going to do something about it. reporter: donald trump touted his presidential achievements so far. basically all i ve done is keep my promise. reporter: and defended his administration s plans to crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. as we speak today, immigration officers are finding the gang members, the drug dealers, and the criminal aliens and throwing them the hell out of our country. [cheering and applauding] reporter: as trump ticked through his top agenda item he revived his campaign rallying cry and vowed to build a wall along the southern border. we re building the wall. we re building the wall. in fact it s going to start soon. reporter: today u.s. customs and border protection announced it will soon ask for design proposals for prototype wall structures near the u.s.-mex