Border fencing labeled first section of Trump's wall was approved under Obama: report
BY BROOKE SEIPEL - 04/05/19 07:48 PM EDT
A section of fencing at the U.S.-Mexico border labeled as the first piece of President Trump's border wall is part of an upgrade project first approved during the Obama administration, NBC reported.
The 2.25 mile section of fencing was first built in the 1990s out of scrap metal and landing mats that were recycled into a barrier. NBC reports that officials under former President Obama approved that section of fencing for an upgrade in 2009, and the project was then funded and completed by Trump.
According to NBC, the Trump administration started the work upgrading the section in February 2018, and it was completed in October.
The section now has a plaque that reads: "This plaque was installed on October 26, 2018, to commemorate the completion of the first section of President Trump’s border wall."
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