Texas, United States.
Despite the executive order signed on Wednesday by the president of U.S, Joe Biden, order suspension of the construction of the boundary wall with Mexico, the construction work will continue on Thursday, they denounced defenders of the environment.
“The construction continues, It hasn’t stopped yet, we saw this morningor trucks transporting material, Is that right take heavy equipment with you to this region, ”Tricia Cortez, Executive Director of the Center for the International Study of Rio Grande in Texas.
Cortez, who is also a co-founder of the Coalition “Not Another Foot” – Not another foot (of wall) – called the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) follow the biden order and have the construction of the wall.
Hours later, according to environmental advocacy groups Biden swear like President of the United States, teams of building dinamitaron another mountain segment within the Guadalupe Gorge, in the Arizona’s border with Mexico.
Seven days to fulfill the order
Hours after taking office, the democrat signed one executive order for which the boundary wall construction from the president Donald Trump.
The document states that construction must stop “as soon as possible”, although it gives a maximum maturity of seven days since the signing of the executive order to comply with the established.
The proclamation recommends an immediate pause in the projects from wall construction to enable a review of the legality of the funding and contracting methods used build the wall and evaluate the “administrative and contractual implications” of suspend the works.
“We have to be very vigilant that this deadline is met, we hope that the CBP doess orders from President Biden and they stop construction as soon as possible, ”says the ecologist.
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His coalition is preparing a series of events this weekend along the border for the new government to keep its promise to theto the construction of the wall, the seizure of properties and especially the cancellation of contracts with construction companies.
The construction ofThe border wall with Mexico became a symbol of the president’s government Trump and during his presidency 450 miles (720 kilometers) from boundary barrier, many of which replace existing fences.
“He border wall was never a solution to the national security problem or to the immigration, has always been a symbol of white supremacist groups. Our job will be to tear it down, ”she concluded. EFE