Biden administration presses forward with border wall plans in Texas, angering allies

Democrats, environmentalists and advocates for migrants are expressing anger this week as President Joe Biden’s administration continues to push forward with plans to build sections of border wall along parts of Texas’ border with Mexico. Biden says he has no choice but to continue building the wall, and in a public filing that went into effect Thursday, his administration gave notice that it intends to waive 26 laws and regulations in order to “take immediate action” to build a few miles of new barrier in Starr County. That sparked outrage among opponents of the wall, who noted that Biden campaigned against the border wall when he ran in 2020.