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As the Washington Post reports, the relevant document was sent by the US Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Control Service.
This amount is planned to be allocated within the next 10 years. The funds are planned to be allocated 316 miles (about 508 km) of the new fence and a further 407 miles (about 655 km), where barriers already exist.
In addition to this amount, for additional personnel and training, according to the calculations of the Administration, it will take 8 billion, another $ 5 billion - for new border technologies, at least 1 billion - for the construction of additional access roads.
According to preliminary estimates, the total cost of the "wall" will exceed $ 33 billion over the next decade.
The promulgated document was the first public preliminary calculation of the US spending on the construction of the wall, which Trump claimed during the election campaign.
As previously reported in URA-Inform, the country's leader, Donald Trump, requires a group of Republican senators to plan an immigration reform that tightens the rules for entry into the country for migrants.