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Nielsen bypasses environmental rules, orders border wall construction in San Diego

By Anna Giaritelli
Published February 8, 2019 4:17pm ET
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Nielsen bypasses environmental rules, orders border wall construction in San Diego
Border Patrol agent Vincent Pirro looks on near a border wall that separates the cities of Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in San Diego. | (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has given U.S. Customs and Border Protection permission to ignore environmental and land regulations to expedite construction of a secondary barrier, or wall, that runs parallel to the primary one between Tijuana and San Diego.

The secondary wall is meant to run for 12 miles and is expected to be 18 feet tall, a sector spokesman told the Washington Examiner during a visit to the region last year.

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