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Trump Administration Secures Agreement to Reclaim Auctioned Border Wall Materials

The administration’s reclamation drive comes after GovPlanet agreed to return surplus panels at cost

U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Vasavilbaso looks into Mexico at a breach in the 30-foot-high border wall where a gate was never installed in 2022 because construction was halted in Sasabe, Arizona. (MATT YORK/AP FILE)
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Overview

  • President Trump announced on August 13 that his administration will reclaim surplus border wall components sold under the Biden administration for pennies on the dollar.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed suit against the auction company to recover steel panels, concrete sections and rebar handled in the surplus sale.
  • GovPlanet says it reached an agreement with the Office of the Border Czar to expedite transfers of the materials back to federal control at cost.
  • The auctioned inventory, offered beginning in late 2023, comprises hundreds of steel panels and thousands of pounds of concrete and rebar valued between $260 million and $350 million.
  • Officials caution that final recovery and reconstruction remain in flux as litigation proceeds and logistics are sorted across multiple border storage sites.