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The United States announces having completed the first 100 miles of the Trump wall



Arizona – The president’s government Donald Trump He announced that he completed the construction of the first 100 miles of its border wall with Mexico, while the number of crossings in the area continues to decline.

The interim secretary of National Security, Chad Wolf, stepped out of the signs that the new construction is only to change old barriers. The new 30-foot high fences have replaced others that were shorter and easier to jump. Wolf expressed confidence that by the end of the year the government will erect or begin erecting between 400 and 450 miles.

“The wall system they see behind me is an undeniable obstacle for smugglers, traffickers and other criminals who have taken advantage of the lack of an effective border infrastructure to pass drugs and illegal goods, and carry out human trafficking,” said Wolf.

The official issued his statements in Yuma, Arizona, a remote region of the southwest near California, where illegal border crossings have had very marked ups and downs in the past two years. Most crosses correspond to families.

Yuma authorities build a 5-mile wall section on a stretch of the Colorado River, where most migrants cross, according to the Border Patrol.

The decline of almost 97% in the number of families in Yuma since May is due in part to the adoption in the Permanencia en México program area that requires asylum seekers to wait south of the border while their cases are resolved in court .

On Monday, the Yuma Sector launched a program initially tested in El Paso, Texas, to quickly process asylum applications, although it was already challenged in federal court. The Rapid Review of Asylum Cases requires that applicants wait in custody of the Office of Customs and Border Protection while their cases are decided in 10 days. Activists who defend the rights of immigrants say that this program endangers migrants, especially minors, because they retain them in facilities that weigh accusations of abuse and maltreatment.

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