The Trump administration is demolishing eight prototypes of President Trump's border wall, saying they have served their purpose. Elements of the prototypes have been incorporated into current border fence designs.
Work crews begin to demolish border wall prototypes in San Diego on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. The Trump administration on Wednesday began to demolish eight prototypes of the president's prized border wall that the government built near San Diego one year ago.
For Trump’s allies, the towering models were a show of his commitment to border security and fulfilling a core campaign promise. For detractors, they were monuments to wasted taxpayer dollars and a misguided display of aggression toward Mexico and immigrants seeking a new home in the United States. Their removal makes way to extend a second layer of barrier with steel bollards, similar to slats, topped by a metal plate rising 30 feet from the ground, the same design being used elsewhere on the border. The new barrier vaguely resembles some of the steel prototypes but looks nothing like the solid concrete panels, which were widely panned because border agents can’t see what’s happening on the other side.
The guidelines also required they be “aesthetically pleasing” from the U.S. side. One has two shades of blue with white trim. The others are gray, tan or brown — in sync with the desert. Border Patrol spokesman Ross Wilkin said testing also exposed several design flaws. A steel model with vertical U-shaped indentations could be jammed with small pieces of wood that could be climbed like a ladder. Prototypes with any exposed fasteners — like screws or bolts — could be broken with the right tools.
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