The prototypes for the US-Mexico border wall have been demolished. @Independent
Crews started tearing down the border wall prototypes today
Customs and Border Protection has started knocking down the administration's border wall prototypes in the San Diego area, clearing the way for another construction project. @CNN
Workers Begin Removal of President Trump's Border Wall Prototypes
Wall sections built more than a year ago as examples of a border wall between U.S. and Mexico were in the process of being removed Wednesday. @NBC San Diego
Tear-down of border wall prototypes underway
The eight bits of wall, each a 30-foot square, are being removed to make way for a border barrier construction project that is replacing 14 miles of fence and adding a little more than a mile of new structure. @ LA Times
Trump's border wall prototypes in San Diego to be removed
Eight prototype designs of President Donald Trump's proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will be demolished in San Diego, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Friday.
The border-security agency has not released details about its timeline for the demolition, but construction crews have begun work in the area to replace wire-mesh secondary fencing with taller, 30-foot-tall bollards. @ AZCentral
Government Can Waive Environmental Laws To Build Border Wall Prototypes, Court Rules
The Trump administration was within its rights to waive dozens of environmental laws to fast track some border construction projects in southern California, a federal appeals court has ruled. @NPR
All eight border wall prototypes fail basic penetrability test
As the Trump administration prepares to potentially declare a national emergency to jumpstart construction of a wall along the U.S.’s southern border—as well as possibly using storm aid funds to do so—the viability of the wall itself has come under fire. In a photo obtained by NBC News, one of the steel bollard border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa, California, was easily breached using an off-the-shelf saw. @Archpaper
Test of steel prototype for border wall showed it could be sawed through
A photo exclusively obtained by NBC News shows the results of the test after military and Border Patrol personnel were instructed to attempt to destroy the barriers with common tools. @NBC News
From concrete wall to steel fences: A timeline of Trump's evolving border barrier concept
"They don't like concrete, so we'll give them steel," Trump told reporters, framing the change as a concession to Democrats. @USA Today
Trump seeking new designs for steel wall barrier
President Donald Trump says he plans to call the heads of U.S. Steel and other steel companies to come up with a new design for the barrier he's insisting must be built along the southern border. @MSN.com / AP