TrumpÕs Mexico ÒwallÓ could cost $21bn

President Donald TrumpÕs ÒwallÓ along the U.S.-Mexico border would cost up to $21.6 billion and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report

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CALIFORNIA

San Diego

Tijuana

BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE

PACIFIC OCEAN

U N I T E D  S T A T E S

ARIZONA

Tucson

Nogales

SONORA

Gulf of California

NEW MEXICO

El Paso

Ciudad Ju‡rez

CHIHUAHUA

M E X I C O

SINALOA

DURANGO

Existing fence

TEXAS

300km 200 miles

Big Bend

Rio Grande

COAHUILA 

Rio Grande Valley

Laredo

NUEVO LEON

TAMAULIPAS

Gulf of Mexico

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THREE-PHASE PROJECT

First phase: To target sections covering 42km near San Diego, El Paso, and in Rio Grande Valley

Cost: $360m

Second phase: 242km in and around Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Tucson, El Paso and Big Bend

Third phase: Unspecified 1,728km

Structure: Fences and walls

Length: 2,000km. With 1,046km already fortified, new construction would extend almost entire length of border (3,200km)

Start: Sep 2017. Completion: 2020

Cost: $21.6bn. Trump says Congress should fund wall upfront, but Mexico will reimburse

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Sources: Reuters, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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