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Southwest Border: Additional Actions Needed to Address Cultural and Natural Resource Impacts from Barrier Construction

U.S. Government Accountability Office

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    GAO found that CBP and the Department of Defense installed about 458 miles of border-barrier panels from January 2017 through January 2021 and that 81 percent of those miles replaced existing barriers. GAO also reported cultural and natural-resource harms, including effects on tribal burial sites, water sources, endangered species and erosion.

    What GAO Found and Fast Facts

    Trump border-barrier program drew on DHS appropriations, redirected defense funds and a Treasury transfer · Historical funding authority, transfers and construction outputs; no combined spending total