Veteran’s Private Border Wall Project Builds First Section Near El Paso After Raising $22 Million

New border wall being constructed by We Build the Wall in the El Paso, Texas, metropolitan area on May 24, 2019. Courtesy of We Build the Wall, Inc.

An Air Force veteran who lost three limbs in the Iraq War has built a wall on a short section of the U.S.-Mexico border, delivering on a promise to hundreds of thousands of donors.

Brian Kolfage raised more than $22 million and plans to build the wall mile-by-mile in strategic locations, getting permits from local private landowners.