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Southern Border Wall: Soaring Cost Estimates and Lack of Planning Raise Fundamental Questions About Administration's Key Domestic Priority
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Abstract
At the request of Ranking Member Claire McCaskill, the Minority Staff of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued a report regarding the Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security's plan to construct a border wall. Key findings include that there is no reliable cost estimate on border wall construction but current extrapolated estimates amount to $70 billion, that maintenance costs may total $150 million/year, that no reliable cost estimate of anticipated land acquisition on the border exists, and that litigation to acquire the land may take more than a decade.
Date
2017-04-18
Document Type
Senate Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
7 pages
Congress
115
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
9: Immigration
PAP Minor Code
900: Immigration and Refugee Issues