NEW: Texas has never publicly reported where it has built border wall. So @texastribune.org requested records, interviewed landowners and traveled the Rio Grande to compile a first-of-its-kind look of the $3.1 billion in construction. apps.texastribune.org/features/202... - ThreadSky

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NEW: Texas has never publicly reported where it has built border wall. So @texastribune.org requested records, interviewed landowners and traveled the Rio Grande to compile a first-of-its-kind look of the $3.1 billion in construction. https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott-landowners/

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h20woman.bsky.social•51 days ago

Texas border wall failing due to incompetent constructions https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/02/texas-border-wall-private/

rcmcdovetail.bsky.social•72 days ago

Looks impenetrable

shelleycaro.bsky.social•74 days ago

Meanwhile our grid is constantly failing during high temps and low temps

And women’s health is suffering deaths are up amongst young women who have miscarried

But sure spend billions on a f’ing wall

cavie06.bsky.social•74 days ago

It’s all for show, and a TREMENDOUS waste of taxpayer money. Should be criminal.

mwatkinstrib.bsky.social•74 days ago

What they found? Dozens of fragmented sections across six counties, some no wider than a city block and others more than 70 miles apart. Each mile of costs between $17 million and $41 million per mile, depending on terrain. Most are built in sparsely traveled rural areas.