As fears over the coronavirus spread, President Donald Trump said the U.S. needs the southern border wall now "more than ever."
His comments came in a Tuesday tweet.
The president wrote: “Going up fast. We need the Wall more than ever!”
His remarks were in response to a tweet from Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA, who had noted the spread of the virus and said that “the US stands a chance if we can control” our borders.
“President Trump is making it happen,” Kirk tweeted.
The price tag for the border wall has become the most expensive barrier of its kind anywhere in the world, NPR reported in January.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a status report that $11 billion has been identified since Trump took office to construct 576 miles of a new "border wall system."
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