New Border Wall Construction Starts in Texas

The U.S. military installs concertina wire on the existing levee wall behind Granjeno, Hidalgo County, Texas, just north of the U.S.–Mexico border on Nov. 7, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Construction is underway on a new, 13-mile stretch of border infrastructure in the Rio Grande Valley, southeast Texas, on April 4.

Part of the construction is a continuation of a levee wall in Hidalgo County, which will double as flood protection for local towns and agriculture. The levee will sit about a mile from the Rio Grande, which is the U.S.–Mexico international border.