Wall of waste: Biden ending Trump wall leaves border rancher with field of ‘rusting’ steel

Published July 10, 2023 1:00pm ET



Wall of waste: Biden ending Trump wall leaves border rancher with field of ‘rusting’ steel

Millions of dollars of steel are wasting away in the high desert after being neglected by the federal government for two and a half years since President Joe Biden halted Trump-era border wall construction.

In the 901 days since Biden took office, not one has gone by that fourth-generation cattle rancher Russell Johnson has driven his truck down the dirt roads behind his house and not been greeted by fields of construction materials that have been left behind and forgotten by construction crews.

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