The continuation of border wall construction and the awarding of contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn the ire of Democratic lawmakers, four of whom penned a letter asking the President Donald Trump administration to halt the wall initiative just days before this latest contract announcement.
“All federal resources being spent on the wall are desperately needed to fight the pandemic,” four members of Congress said in the letter. “Of the billions this Administration diverted from the Department of Defense, hundreds of millions were meant for emergency and disaster responses for National Guard units across the country.”
