Biden routes $2B in border wall funds to military, environmental projects

The Biden administration has formally announced plans to pull $2.2 billion of funding allocated by President Trump for construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border and spend it on other projects — even as the influx of illegal immigrants there continues to increase.

The Department of Homeland Security detailed plans Friday to redirect the construction cash — which it called “just one example of the prior Administration’s misplaced priorities and failure to manage migration in a safe, orderly, and humane way” — to the Pentagon for building projects on US military bases. “Appropriated funds could also be used for mitigating some environmental damage caused by border wall construction,” the statement noted.