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Feds Hope Border Wall Prototypes Will Be Ready By Late Summer

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A Department of Homeland Security official announced on Tuesday that prototypes of what new sections of a wall on the Mexican border might look like should be completed by late summer. Acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Ronald Vitiello, said there will be up to eight prototypes by September. The DHS will then decide which design is best for the construction of hundreds of miles of barrier along the border.

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