Tight security: A file picture showing a section of the border fence on the US/Mexico border in Tecate, California. Trump’s border wall is said to be 5.5m tall and designed too prevent people from climbing it unassisted. – AFP
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s Mexican border wall must be at least 5.5m tall, resistant to sledgehammers and “aesthetically pleasing,” at least on the north-facing side, according to a request for contractors to bid to produce prototypes.
Trump’s plans to spend billions of dollars on the wall to run the 3,110km border with Mexico has already sparked a warning from Senate Democrats about a potential government shutdown, but the administration isn’t waiting around for Congress to act.
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