Biden administration ordered to stop sales of border wall materials

He biden administration On Friday it said it would stop selling materials intended to be used to build a border wall ahead of the incoming Trump administration, which has promised to resume tougher efforts to combat illegal immigration.

The Biden administration confirmed in court that it will accept a court order preventing it from disposing of more border wall materials for the next 30 days, allowing President-elect Trump to use those materials, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.

The Biden administration has been auctioning off pieces of the border wall since at least 2023, with pieces listed for sale on auction markets, after it abruptly closed most. border wall construction in 2021.

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“We have successfully blocked the Biden administration from getting rid of any additional border wall materials before President Trump takes office,” Paxton said.

“This follows our great victory that forced Biden to build the wall, and we will hold his Administration accountable for illegally subverting our nation’s border security until his last day in power, especially when his actions are clearly motivated by a desire to thwart to the president-elect. Trump’s immigration agenda,” he added.

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In a news release, Paxton’s office said that if the Biden administration disposed of border wall materials purchased with funds subject to a court order in violation of a court order, “it would constitute unethical and punishable conduct and officials could be found guilty of contempt of court.” “

Texas has said He intends to do everything he can to help the incoming administration build the wall on the southern border when Trump takes office.

The Biden administration abruptly ended border wall construction in January 2021, after 450 miles had been built in the first Trump administration. While border hawks say a wall is a critical tool to stop illegal immigration, some Democrats have said a wall project is xenophobic and ineffective.

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The auction for border wall pieces began in 2023 and the pieces were put up for sale on GovPlanet.com, an online auction marketplace. The Defense Department’s logistics agency told media outlets that the surplus material had been turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers for disposal and was now for sale.

Those auctions have continued, with Arizona officials telling Fox News Digital that auctions have been held weekly for some time. The practice drew attention last week when The Daily Wire published a video showing unused wall pieces being transported on flatbed trucks in Arizona, even though the materials could be used in the next Trump administration.

Trump previously called Biden’s efforts to sell unused border wall materials at a reduced price “almost a criminal act”.

Trump said the auctions would cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to buy back the large steel bollards and concrete. He asked President Biden to “please stop selling the wall” and suggested his team would get a restraining order to stop the sales.

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“What they are doing is really an act, it is almost a criminal act,” he said. “They know that we are going to use it and that if we don’t have it, we are going to have to rebuild it, and it will cost twice what it cost years ago, and that is hundreds of millions of dollars because “We are talking about a lot, a lot of wall.”

Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw, Brooke Singman and Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.