The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would inject $2.1 billion into border wall construction and would prod the Biden administration to stop slow-walking the building effort.
The bill, which cleared on a 33-25 vote, would also add thousands of agents to the ranks of the Border Patrol and expand the amount of detention beds available toBut it was the wall that drew the most heat during action in the House Appropriations Committee, where Democrats complained that the money was being wasted.
Fueled by that sentiment, Democrats made futile attempts to strip out wall money and use it for other programs. The wall has been a source of political conflict dating back to the 2006 law that authorized 700 miles of the border be sealed off with fencing. That drew bipartisan support, including the vote of then-Sens. Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr., but also helped fuel a backlash among immigrant-rights groups who called the idea offensive.
Fast-forward to the 2016 campaign and then-candidate Donald Trump made the wall his signature issue, promising Mexico would pay for it. He left office having erected more than 450 miles of new barriers, though most of that consisted of upgrades to the older wall. Mexico did not cut a check to pay for the construction, funds came instead from Congress.“How anyone here can continue to support him is surely not leadership,” said Rep. David Trone, Maryland Democrat, who called Mr.
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