finally finish building the wall
Finish building the wall.
Occurrences
ensure the expeditious construction of approximately five miles of new 30-foot-tall border wall
Evidence
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The campaign issue page says Zinke has "finally finish[ed] building the wall" among his border priorities.
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CBP said it had "approximately 100 miles of new border barrier in various stages of construction and planning" and that DHS had issued a waiver for about five more miles in Texas.
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CBP states the southwest border is approximately 1,954 miles long and describes the border wall as a system with multiple barrier types, not a completed continuous wall.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded another contract for border wall construction... to ... construct approximately 27 miles of new border wall in Santa Cruz County, Arizona... DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is following through on her commitment to secure the border with a new waiver for border wall construction, ensuring expeditious construction of up to an additional approximately 17 miles of new border wall in Texas... This is the fifth waiver that has been signed by Secretary Noem for border wall construction.
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Secretary Kristi Noem has signed a waiver to ensure the expeditious construction of approximately five miles of new 30-foot-tall border wall in Starr and Hidalgo Counties... Currently, CBP has approximately 100 miles of new border barrier in various stages of construction and planning, funded with appropriations from prior years.
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The Aug. 21 report says the administration still had plans for access roads, vehicle barriers, and 30-foot barriers outside Big Bend National Park; CBP's commissioner was expected to decide in coming weeks whether to continue a temporary construction pause.
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DHS determined there was an acute and immediate need to construct additional physical barriers and roads in the Big Bend Sector and waived legal requirements for construction-related earthwork, staging, roads, barriers, lighting, cameras, and sensors.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to finish the border wall, but official CBP/DHS materials and recent Federal Register activity show additional border-wall segments were still being planned, contracted, waived, paused, or constructed in 2025-2026. That is inconsistent with a completed wall during Zinke's current federal House service. The record supports concrete federal effort toward the wall, but not delivery of the promised finished result.
The promised outcome was to finish building the border wall. Official CBP/DHS evidence from 2025 shows additional border wall miles were still being waived, contracted, planned, and constructed, including about 100 miles in various stages of construction and planning. That is inconsistent with a completed wall. There is evidence of continued federal effort toward wall construction during Zinke's federal office context, but not delivery of the promised finished outcome.
The promise was to finish building the border wall. Official CBP/DHS evidence indicates border barrier construction was still ongoing and in planning in 2025, with additional miles being waived for construction, so the promised completed outcome was not delivered. Because the evidence shows continued federal construction activity and Zinke supported the effort, this qualifies for an effort badge despite non-delivery.