White House seeks 18 bln dollars for border wall with Mexico

The US government is asking the Congress for nearly 18 billion US dollars in a decade to expand the current US border wall with Mexico to nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km), it was revealed Friday.


The current barrier along the US-Mexico border is 654 miles (1,000 km) long. The new request, if granted, will bring more than 700 miles (1,140 km) of new and replacement barriers altogether over 10 years.

The plans are laid out in a document prepared by the Department of Homeland Security for a group of senators who asked the administration to detail its request for border security, according to a Wall Street Journal report Friday.
 (cinamedia)