U.S. Army soldiers have removed
barbed wire along the US-Mexico border in areas where the Trump
administration has said more border security measures are needed after
local community leaders raised concerns.
About 2 miles of military-grade wire was removed from city land in
Laredo, Texas, according to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials.
The agency ordered the removals after hearing from local elected
officials who raised environmental and public safety concerns with the
wire running near community parks.Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz, who leads the Texas Border Commission, said the Trump administration has, in part, used his community to fabricate the threat of migrants traveling north.
“They want to be overly protective,” Saenz told ABC News. “But at what cost? The cost to the local economy. The cost to our livelihoods here at the border area.”......
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