Southern Border Wall: Soaring Cost Estimates and Lack of Planning Raise Fundamental Questions About Administration's Key Domestic Priority
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Levin Center Identifier
OR.115.21
Document Date
2017-04-18
Report Length
7 pages
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Additional, Minority, Dissenting Views
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Found Using Methodology
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Brief Executive Summary
This is a minority staff report requested by Claire McCaskill on the Southern border wall. Key findings include: no reliable estimate on border wall construction but current extrapolated estimates amount to $70 billion, maintenance costs may total $150 million/year, no reliable cost estimate of anticipated land acquisition on the border, and litigation to acquire the land may take more than a decade.
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Related Hearings
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, hearing on "Improving Border Security and Public Safety," 115th Cong., (2017, April 5)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, hearing on "Nomination of the Honorable Elaine C. Duke to be Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security," 115th Cong., (2017, March 8)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, hearing on "Nomination of General John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.) to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security," 115th Cong., (2017, January 10)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, hearing on "Nomination of the Honorable Elaine C. Duke to be Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security," 115th Cong., (2017, March 8)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, hearing on "Nomination of General John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.) to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security," 115th Cong., (2017, January 10)