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On March 13, 2018, Trump cited a study by the anti-immigration Center for Immigration Studies think tank, which claimed that a wall along the Mexican border could save taxpayers $64 billion (~$76.5 billion in 2023) by reducing the "crime and welfare costs" of undocumented immigrants in the ten years following its construction, thereby breaking ...
31 paź 2020 · Despite Mr Trump's pledge on the campaign trail in 2016 to get Mexico to pay for the wall, it is the US government that has spent billions of dollars to expand and reconstruct it.
7 lut 2022 · One of the most controversial aspects of the wall was its cost. During his 2016 campaign, Trump pledged that Mexico would foot the bill – a promise that went unfulfilled, leaving taxpayers to...
22 gru 2020 · How much did it cost and who paid? Trump, of course, repeatedly promised that Mexico would pay for the wall.
12 sty 2021 · It was originally estimated a cross-border wall could cost anything from $12bn to $40bn. Despite this, in the run-up to the 3 November 2020 election, President Trump continued to say that...
19 sty 2020 · The costs keep piling up for Trump's border wall which has a current pricetag of $11 billion — nearly $20 million per mile. It's more expensive than any other wall under construction in the...
9 sie 2023 · Trump’s administration built 52 miles of new primary border barriers — the first impediment people encounter if they’re trying to cross the southern border with Mexico, that can block access...
