Border Wall: u.s.-Mexico Border

border wall: A corrected version of the story is below Impatient for wall, Trump wants US military to secure border President Donald Trump says he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built, according to The Chronicle Herald. By JILL COLVIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Frustrated by slow action on a major campaign promise, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. It is roughly 1,250 miles 2,000 kilometres long, not 800 miles 1,290 kilometres long. Trump told reporters he's been discussing the idea with Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. Until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military, Trump said, calling the move a big step. We're going to be doing things militarily. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.