On January 20, 2021, after Joe Biden assumed the presidency, he annulled the orders to build the border wall in the southern United States.
The United States Department of Defense announced on Friday, April 30, that the construction of the border wall that the previous administration was building with military funds would be canceled.
On January 20, President Biden ordered the freezing of projects related to the border wall, to carry out a review of the legality and transparency of financing and construction. "In accordance with the president's proclamation, the Department of Defense proceeds with the cancellation of all border barrier construction projects, originally financed with funds for other military missions," the Department explained in a statement.
“The Department of Defense is proceeding to cancel all border barrier construction projects paid for with funds originally intended for other military missions and functions, such as schools for military children, military construction projects abroad in partner countries, and the equipment account. of the National Guard and the Reserve ”, explained the spokesman of the Pentagon, Jamal Brown through a statement.
In this way, the military funds used for the construction of the wall will be part of other military construction projects. In 2019, the US military reported that the diversion of these funds had affected at least 120 military projects.
