WASHINGTON — Homeland Security officials laid out the stakes in the budget brinkmanship that threatens a partial government shutdown late Friday: the $5 billion the House has approved for a border wall would be enough for about 215 miles of barrier.
Less than half of that — about 100 miles, mostly in South Texas — would be frontier that doesn't already have a fence.
The rest would go to replace older, less-effective fencing or to build secondary fencing. ...
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