Pentagon Authorizes $1 Billion for Border Wall Construction

Salvadoran illegal aliens wait for a transport to arrive after turning themselves into U.S. Border Patrol by border fence under construction in El Paso, Texas, on March 19, 2019. Paul Retje/AFP/Getty Images

The Department of Defense notified Congress on March 25 that it has authorized the transfer of $1 billion toward the construction of a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border.

The Pentagon sent a budget reprogramming notice to Congress detailing the reallocation of $1 billion toward the construction of 57 miles of the border, road improvements, and other measures.