DHS taps four vendors to construct border wall prototypes

The Department of Homeland Security will send four vendors to a site in San Diego in the next few weeks to begin construction on a variety of concrete prototypes that could become the model for President Trump’s promised border wall, agency officials announced Thursday.

“These prototypes will help us refine the design standards and security requirements that will meet the needs of U.S. Border Protection,” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Ronald Vitiello told reporters during a presentation.