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DHS Confirms That, Despite Cozy Relationship, It Declined We Build The Wall’s Offer To Build Border Fencing

MISSION, TEXAS - DECEMBER 11: A construction roller flattens land for a section of privately built border wall on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. The hardline immigration group We Build The Wall is funding con... MISSION, TEXAS - DECEMBER 11: A construction roller flattens land for a section of privately built border wall on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. The hardline immigration group We Build The Wall is funding construction of the wall on private land along a stretch of the Rio Grande, which forms the border with Mexico. The group, led by former Trump strategist Stephen Bannon claims to have raised tens of millions of dollars in a GoFundMe drive to build sections of wall on the southwest border with Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) MORE LESS

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April 22, 2021 5:36 p.m.

A little follow-up from my story earlier this week about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s coordination with We Build the Wall, the private border wall construction campaign whose leaders have since been charged with fraud and money laundering:

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