My first guess is that it was something they had to agree to as part of a deal. Like to keep the government open or something like that. Could very well be wrong though.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (7 children)

This was my guess as well but neither the linked source nor any other one I can find explain exactly why he did it.

[–] 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.

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