
One of President Joe Biden‘s first tasks after assuming office on Wednesday was to order a halt on the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, fulfilling one of his major promises during the presidential campaign. Biden said the construction was “unwarranted and that no American taxpayer dollars [should] be diverted to construct a border wall.” “I am also directing a careful review of all resources appropriated or redirected to construct a southern border wall,” Biden added in his order, one of the many executive orders he signed on his first day in office. The order, signed by Biden, sta…