Border Wall Contractors Told to Stop Construction by Tuesday Night: Congressman

Border Wall Contractors Told to Stop Construction by Tuesday Night: Congressman
People work on the U.S.-Mexico border wall in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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All Customs and Border Protection (CPB) construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall will stop by the end of Tuesday, according to a Democratic congressman whose district is located along the border.

“I received notification that in accordance with President [Joe] Biden’s executive order, all CPB contractors have now been formally notified by CBP Procurement to pause construction activities on CBP self-executed projects,“ Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said in a statement. ”While CBP cannot speak on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), it is expected that DOD and USACE are undertaking parallel action on CBP-funded border wall projects that they are overseeing.”

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