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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (apnews.com)

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[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@dormi.zone 11 points 1 year ago

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/30/joe-biden-forced-build-donald-trumps-border-wall/

Found this. Basically the claim here is that funds were allocated to this project, and although some of those funds were redirected, congress never deallocated the rest, and therefore they have to continue to be used. I'm not totally convinced but it's a more nuanced take than the comments here.