The Independent View: Trump's Border Agency Says He has Built Zero Walls in New Places

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that No New Border Wall has been Erected where there Wasn't a Barrier before President Trump has Boasted that he has Built both New and Replacement Walls, a Claim that appears Untrue given CBP's Statement on the Record.

All the Construction along the Border To-Date has consisted of Replacement and 'Secondary' Fencing, CBP says.

Border Barriers Erected between the U.S. and Mexico since Inauguration Day 2017 have consisted of Supplements to Existing Walls and Replacements for Outmoded or Decrepit Barriers.

CBP Spokesman Roger Maier said we identified Hidalgo County as the New Construction Project's Location, a Border Zone along a meandering 50-Mile Stretch of the Rio Grande beginning in April 2019.

President Trump visited McAllen Texas on January 11th, boasting of Wall Renovations that he framed as New Construction. I will say, we've done a lot of renovation. And we have a lot of new wall going up where we took down wall because it was in such bad shape, and we put new wall up, he said.

The President has been less Ambiguous on other occasions. He wrote on Twitter that 'newly built walls' were stopping Caravans of Central American Migrants from entering the U.S., and that [w]e have already built large new sections in Addition to Ongoing Renovations.

Maier said that CBP has constructed approximately 38 of 40 miles of wall in place of outdated designs, using Funds Congress Appropriated for Fiscal 2017.

Utilizing the 2017 Funds, CBP has Constructed approximately 38 of 40 Miles of Wall in Place of Outdated Designs in San Diego and El Centro, California, Santa Teresa, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, providing New Capability for the U.S. Border Patrol.

CBP's Disclosure came as a Result of a Request for Information after Conservative Pundit Ann Coulter Challenged the President to Identify Exactly where his Administration had Erected New Border Barriers.