(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)CALIFORNIAWork begins to replace border wall in CalexicoThe federal government began work Wednesday on replacing border wall in California, the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built last year in San Diego. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is replacing a little more than two miles in downtown Calexico, a sliver of the president’s plan for a “big, beautiful wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border. In November, SWF Constructors of Omaha won a contract for $18 million to replace wall in Calexico, about 120 miles east of San Diego. The administration cleared the way for construction in September by waiving dozens of environmental reviews and other evaluations in Calexico. Amor confessed to police that he started the fire by leaving a smoldering cigarette on a newspaper soaked in vodka.

Source: Washington Post February 22, 2018 00:03 UTC