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    DHS cut corners to start building Trump's border wall

    Feds acknowledge 'intense pressure' to meet Trump timeline

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, August 6, 2018

    Homeland Security cut corners in deciding where to build President Trump’s border wall, and still hasn’t been able to put any of the new designs the president demanded into operation, the government’s chief watchdog said in a new report Monday.

    The new administration was more interested in getting started on wall-building than in a cost-benefit analysis to figure out the best locations to stem the flow of people and drugs, the Government Accountability Office said.

    And the $20 million spent to build eight prototypes of Mr. Trump’s new border wall designs — including four concrete walls, at the president’s request — appear to have done more to warn officials what not to do.

    All four concrete designs would create “extensive” challenges if they were to be deployed along the tricky border terrain. And two of the non-concrete designs also were rated tough to build.

    None of the eight designs were deemed project-ready, the GAO concluded. The government now says it won’t adopt any of the eight designs, saying instead that it has learned lessons and will try to incorporate those into future wall-building plans.

    Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, who requested the GAO report, said it showed the administration was placing politics above practicality.

    “To be blunt, this administration has no clue what it is doing and must be held accountable,” the congressman said.

    He said the money already being spent — several hundred million dollars in 2017 and $1.6 billion on infrastructure this fiscal year — “”is just a gift to contractors and the president’s political base.”

    Mr. Thompson said the report should be a must-read for Congress, which is currently debating how much to allocate in fiscal year 2019 toward Mr. Trump’s wall plans.

    The Senate’s homeland security spending bill includes $1.6 billion. The House version includes $5 billion.

    In an official response to Monday’s report Jim H. Crumpacker, Homeland Security’s liaison to the GAO, disputed the finding that the department had cut corners in the usual procurement and cost-benefit analysis process — though he acknowledged “intense pressure” to get something done.

    “Despite an aggressive schedule and intense pressure to quickly yield results, we are committed to following sound acquisition practices and are focused on deliberative analysis to support our plans,” he wrote.

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    The more time that elapses, the more convinced I am that Trump's campaign vision of a border wall will never be built. That's unfortunate because I believe the border wall promise did a lot to excite the base. Not getting it built and the continuous delays is probably dampening base enthusiasm.

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    Time for Judy's Plan B:

    Tell all these countries, if your citizens do not stop entering our country illegally, then your country will have no aid from or trade with the United States. Period.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    Time for Judy's Plan B:

    Tell all these countries, if your citizens do not stop entering our country illegally, then your country will have no aid from or trade with the United States. Period.
    Your plan to sanction all countries that illegal aliens come from is ill-conceived and unreasonable. For example, if I were to leave the United States on my own and commit a crime in Mexico, I own sole responsibility for that crime and any actions leading up to it, not my family, not the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, not Mickey Mouse, and certainly not the country of my origin. Blaming an entire country on the individual actions of its citizenry is not only irresponsible, it could be downright dangerous to the well-being of Americans who travel outside our country for business, vacation, education, family visits, etc.

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    Stay home and spend your money in the United States. You don't seem very interested in solving our illegal immigration problem. SAD!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post
    The more time that elapses, the more convinced I am that Trump's campaign vision of a border wall will never be built. That's unfortunate because I believe the border wall promise did a lot to excite the base. Not getting it built and the continuous delays is probably dampening base enthusiasm.
    I talked to a friend who had recently been to a family wedding reception. She said she was seated at a table for 8, and before the election the talk would have been Trump, Trump, Trump. She noticed that had changed and the subject was avoided until 1 person hesitantly brought it up. She noticed that of the 8 who were pro Trump before, 6 dropped their heads and stared down at their plates, and the subject was quickly changed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders View Post
    I talked to a friend who had recently been to a family wedding reception. She said she was seated at a table for 8, and before the election the talk would have been Trump, Trump, Trump. She noticed that had changed and the subject was avoided until 1 person hesitantly brought it up. She noticed that of the 8 who were pro Trump before, 6 dropped their heads and stared down at their plates, and the subject was quickly changed.
    That's concerning.

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