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Biden Admin Cancels National Emergency Order Used by Trump to Build U.S.-Mexico Wall

HeadlineFeb 12, 2021

The Biden administration has canceled a Trump-era national emergency order to allocate government funding for the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. This comes as immigrant justice advocates continue to denounce President Biden’s interest in ramping up surveillance technology at the southern border, which opponents refer to as a “virtual wall.”

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