Donald Trump Mexico Wall: US Border Agency Fields Pitches for Trump's 'Great' Wall
Since U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his presidential campaign in the summer of 2015, he promised to build a "great" wall along the 2,000-mile border which separates the United States and Mexico to stop foreigners from illegally entering U.S. territory.
On Tuesday, April 4, bids for the first design contracts for President Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border were finally due, Fox News Insider reports.
The Department of Homeland Security had asked several companies to submit bids for the establishment of a 2,000-mile barrier that will deter illegal immigrants as well as drug traffickers from entering the country. Bidders are required to have done border security or similar projects worth $25 million in the past five years in order to qualify.
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As the Tuesday deadline for bids has already passed, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has declined to divulge the number of bidders as well as their identities in accordance with the standard practice of government contracting. According to The Washington Post, the federal government expects to announce which companies will be hired to build prototypes by June 1.
An anonymous U.S. official revealed that four to 10 bidders are expected to be selected to build prototypes. These prototypes will reportedly be constructed on a quarter-mile strip of federally-owned land in San Diego and is within 120 feet of the border. The government expects to spend around $200,000 to $500,000 on each prototype.
President Trump's multi-billion-dollar wall plan promises big profits but also risks receiving intense backlash from those who oppose the project. However, this has not stopped some companies from unveiling their plans.
For example, Concrete Contractors Interstate proposed to build a polished concrete wall which will be augmented with stones and artifacts that will be placed in different sections of the border.
Gleason Partners LLC of Las Vegas, on the other hand, proposes the installment of solar panels to cover the various sections of the planned U.S.-Mexico border wall.
"For the younger generation, they say if there is going to be a wall, let's have it be green," Gleason Managing Partner Thomas Gleason said.
