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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.
President Joe Biden said border walls don't work and he's being forced to resume building on Donald Trump's signature initiative.
President Joe Biden said he had no choice but to use the previously approved federal money for the work. “The money was appropriated for the border wall,” Biden said. “I can’t stop that.”
The Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and Endangered Species Act were some of the federal laws waived by DHS to make way for construction that will use funds from a congressional appropriation in 2019 for border wall construction.
This is the first time the Biden administration has done this, a practice often employed by the Trump presidency.