A photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows a general view of an unfinished section of a border wall that former US president Donald Trump tried to build near the southern Texas border city of Roma. - The 11,000 inhabitants of the Texas border town Roma ha The Department of Defense announced Friday it was canceling border wall construction contracts that had been paid for with funds originally intended for military use.
The funds were reallocated under former President Donald Trump after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration to use billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. "Consistent with the President’s proclamation, the Department of Defense is proceeding with canceling all border.