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SlyPokerDog · Aug 20, 2020

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Privately funded border wall built at El Paso: 'Why wouldn't we allow it?' land owner asks

Aaron Martinez, El Paso Times Published 12:39 p.m. MT May 27, 2019 | Updated 5:48 p.m. MT May 27, 2019

A private group has built a $6 million bollard-type wall at the border on private property near Mount Cristo Rey with funds raised from a GoFundMe account.

The segment of wall was paid for by the "We Build the Wall" organization on land owned by American Eagle Brick Company. It is by Monument One — an official marker at the spot where New Mexico, Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua converge — at Border Highway West, near Executive Center Boulevard

The company's co-owner Jeff Allen confirmed that the wall was being built on his property.

"Why wouldn't we allow it?," Allen asked. "We have dealt with illegals coming across. We have been attacked by illegals coming across. We have been burglarized by illegals. We have drug traffickers coming through here and anyone who is against this is against America."

Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state known for his hard-line immigration stances, announced that the wall was nearly complete on Memorial Day, calling it a gift to America.

Kobach is general counsel for We Build the Wall. He has been mentioned as a possible pick by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Kris Kobach, general council to We Build the Wall, explains the materials the wall is made out of Monday, May 27. El Paso Times

"It was important to us to make the announcement today, on Memorial Day," Kobach told the El Paso Times during a tour of the site. "This wall is all about securing our border and our nation, so it is fitting, and we worked hard to get it built this holiday weekend. This is us trying to give America a present for Memorial Day."

He later added, "We built the wall and then hand the keys to the Border Patrol and say 'Here. Happy Memorial Day.'"

Reached Monday, U.S. Border Patrol officials said that they could not immediately comment on the privately built wall.

The "We Build The Wall" project was started by a U.S. war veteran, Brian Kolfage, and is being led by a group that includes Kobach and former White House strategist Steve Bannon.

The Go Fund Me page calls the project "Trump approved." As of Monday afternoon, it had raised more than $22 million of its $1 billion goal.

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A private group, We Build the Wall, built a bollard-type wall on the U.S.-Mexico border on private property near Monument One near the Texas-New Mexico area. (Photo: Aaron Martinez / El Paso Times)

The section of the wall being built in the El Paso area will cost between $6 million and $8 million, Kobach said.

The wall spans an area of about a half-mile near Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico, that was not covered by existing government fencing — a decision that was made at least partially because of the rough terrain.

Kobach said Border Patrol agents in the area have told him that hundreds of immigrants have crossed there illegally and more than $100,000 worth of drugs has been smuggled through the gap.

Gap in barrier at Sunland Park, NM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol, does not provide statistics on specific areas of land, but has reported an increase in apprehensions of immigrants, primarily families, in the El Paso Sector, which covers West Texas and all of New Mexico.

Groups of hundreds have turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents just past where the fencing ends in Sunland Park, including a group of 300 who crossed the same night Trump held a rally in nearby El Paso.

Ninety percent of all illegal narcotics that enter the United States cross through the southern border, according to the CBP.

“It is a half-mile, but it is a half-mile that is so important,” Kobach said. “I would argue that this half-mile is much more important than building 20 or 50 miles out in the desert, because of very few people are crossing in the middle of the desert. But here, you are this metropolitan area and so easy for people to swarm through this gap. This half-mile area has much more of an impact than you would think.”

The privately funded wall, which is expected to be completed Wednesday, is more than 20 feet tall and goes up a 300 foot incline over mountainous terrain. It extends 7 feet into the ground.

It includes sensors and lights that will go off when triggered by anyone crossing the area, Kobach said. The group will give control of the sensors to U.S. Border Patrol agents, he said. Although, the group has not discussed those plans with the agency yet.

Average donor gave $67, Kobach says

The wall is being paid completely by the GoFundMe campaign created by the group in December. Kobach said the average donor gave about $67, and more than 265,000 donated.

"The GoFundMe just took off with $20 million in 20 days," Kobach said. "This shows collectively how we the people can say, 'You know what, this isn't rocket science. We can solve this problem.' And when a whole bunch of people chip in money, you can accomplish something like this."

While the El Paso wall will use about a third of the money raised so far, Kobach said the remaining money will be used to build a similar wall in another area along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Kobach declined to say where the next segment of wall will be built, to protect the identity of the owner of that property.

About the privately built wall
The privately built wall is similar to the $73 million bollard wall constructed by the U.S. government in April 2018 along the U.S.-Mexico border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

However, Kobach said the private group's wall is made from weathered steel and would last 50 years longer than the "mild" steel used on government fencing.

The U.S. government wall is between 18 and 30 feet tall, depending on the terrain, and has anti-scaling plates at the top to make it more difficult to climb over, U.S. Border Patrol officials said at the time a groundbreaking ceremony was held for start of the construction.

The privately built wall is being constructed by Fisher Industries of North Dakota, Kobach said.
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SlyPokerDog · Aug 20, 2020

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Triple-amputee Air Force veteran on mission to raise $1B for US-Mexico border wall
By Bradford Betz | Fox News

Brian Kolfage, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran, is raising money to help build a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

A triple amputee U.S. military veteran says he was inspired to raise money for President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall after reading a New York Post article that questioned why no one had taken up the mantle.

In just three days, Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe campaign, “We The People Will Fund The Wall,” has racked up more than $2 million from more than 34,000 people, with a goal of raising $1 billion.

"If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall," the page reads. "That equates to roughly 5Billion Dollars, even if we get half, that's half the wall. We can do this."

— Brian Kolfage, triple amputee U.S. military veteran
Kolfage wrote that the campaign has been in touch with the Trump administration “to secure a point of contact where all funds will go upon completion.”

“As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today,” Kolfage’s page reads. “Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers with no means of ever contributing to our society.”

He added: “Democrats are going to stall this project by every means possible and play political games to ensure President Trump doesn’t get his victory. They'd rather see President Trump fail than see America succeed. However, if we can fund a large portion of this wall, it will jumpstart things and will be less money Trump has to secure from our politicians.”

Kolfage is a retired U.S. Air Force member who served in Iraq. During his second deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004, Kolfage was injured in a rocket attack at Balad Air Base. According to Kolfage's website, a 107mm rocket shell exploded about three feet away from him. Kolfage lost both legs and his right hand and required 11 months of therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Kolfage continued to serve in the Air Force for several more years and was assigned to Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona as the base security manager. Kolfage is "the most severely wounded Airman to survive any war," his website states. He is now a motivational speaker and has appeared multiple times on FOX News.

Kolfage graduated from the University of Arizona's School of Architecture in 2014 and is now married with children.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment. This week, the White House retracted its $5 billion figure to fund the border wall amid a looming government shutdown.

“We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion that we’ll work with Congress,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told Fox News on Tuesday.

BORDER WALL EFFORT GETTING BOOST FROM US SHERIFFS' CROWDFUNDING SITE

Kolfage's campaign is not the first crowdfunding effort to raise money for the border wall. In September the National Sheriff's Association launched a website for donations. As of mid-December, the website has garnered nearly $160,000.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/veteran-launches-gofundme-campaign-to-help-fund-border-wall
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SlyPokerDog · Aug 20, 2020

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Veteran behind GoFundMe for Trump's wall allegedly pocketed money meant for wounded veterans

The veteran who set up the GoFundMe for President Trump's border wall allegedly pocketed money meant for wounded veterans in the past, according to a new Buzzfeed News investigation.

Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee and Purple Heart recipient, reportedly previously spearheaded a crowdfunding campaign that raised thousands of dollars for an effort to mentor veterans at military hospitals.

Kolfage's fundraising effort for Trump's proposed border wall has so far received more than $20 million of a $1 billion goal from 334,860 donations.

Representatives at the military hospitals told Buzzfeed News that they did not have a record of Kolfage donating the money or working at their facilities.

GoFundMe spokesman Bobby Whithorne confirmed to Buzzfeed News that Kolfage in 2015 launched a GoFundMe that raised $16,246 under the premise that the money would go to a veteran mentorship program. Whitorne said the money went directly to Kolfage.

Kolfage in Facebook posts that have been deleted said that he was working with Walter Reed, Brooke Army Medical Center, and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Representatives for the centers told Buzzfeed News that they don't have record of Kolfage working with veterans at their facilities.

“We do not have a record of Mr. Kolfage visiting Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in any official capacity after 2012,” Chief of Public Affairs at Landstuhl Gia Oney told the online outlet. “We have no record of a donation made in his name to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.”

Kolfage additionally has documented history of running websites that promoted right-wing conspiracy theories and racist content online, media reports have uncovered.

Lindsay Lowery, who worked as an employee at one of Kolfage's largest conservative news websites in 2017, told Buzzfeed News that she feels he is mostly concerned with enriching himself and increasing his profile.

“After I started challenging some of his business decisions that I felt were reckless for the company and for my career, the real Brian emerged,” Lowery told the outlet. “Everything is only about his ‘war hero’ persona and money. If there’s a perceived slight on his part, he viciously attacks people...and, in my case, tries to destroy their life and livelihood.”

Buzzfeed News reviewed text messages and emails between Kolfage and former employees that show he pushed writers to sensationalize stories.

During one exchange, Lowery pushed back on Kolfage's demand that she "get creative" when choosing an image for an article that claimed former FBI Director James Comey "committed treason."

“So get creative like using fake photoshopped images?” she responded, Buzzfeed News reported. “I was kind of taken back at this...”

“Yup it’s just a graphic. Best story of [the] day,” Kolfage said, according to the outlet.

“It’s fake,” she said. "I don't see how this [is] making us a legit website."

“That’s not for u to worry about,” he replied.

Many of the Facebook pages for Kolfage's conservative ventures were removed from the platform in October of last year as part of a sweep to remove fake news.

Kolfage declined to comment for the Buzzfeed News report.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...d-gofundme-for-trumps-wall-allegedly-pocketed
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Wow, I'm shocked this private wall thing went bad.

SlyPokerDog · Aug 20, 2020

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The man behind a GoFundMe campaign that has raised $11 million to build Trump's wall also ran a conspiracy-theory page that got kicked off Facebook

https://www.businessinsider.com/bri...gofundme-ran-facebook-conspiracy-page-2018-12
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Again, shocked!

SlyPokerDog · Aug 20, 2020

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Dems can obstruct all they want, and be swept in 2020 because of it, but they stop Real Americans from finishing the Wall.

Triple-amputee Air Force veteran on mission to raise $1B for US-Mexico border wall
By Bradford Betz | Fox News
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"Real Americans!"

SlyPokerDog · Aug 20, 2020

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BORDER WALL EFFORT GETTING BOOST FROM US SHERIFFS' CROWDFUNDING SITE

Kolfage's campaign is not the first crowdfunding effort to raise money for the border wall. In September the National Sheriff's Association launched a website for donations. As of mid-December, the website has garnered nearly $160,000.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/veteran-launches-gofundme-campaign-to-help-fund-border-wall
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LOLZ!

jonnyboy · Aug 20, 2020

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Let's see how many dominoes fall from this, Another day and another round of corruption from this administration.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/bannon-build-the-wall-indictment/index.html
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OH MAN! THIS IS IT!

CupWizier · Aug 20, 2020

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OH MAN! THIS IS IT!
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GREAT RESPONSE!

Do you actually have any comment regarding this? It doesn't bother you of all the corruption that has come out of this administration.

jonnyboy · Aug 20, 2020

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GREAT RESPONSE!

Do you actually have any comment regarding this? It doesn't bother you of all the corruption that has come out of this administration.
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Stop trolling.

andalusian · Aug 20, 2020

Bannon is the 700s canary in the coal mine. Unfortunately, it seems like the GOP and their supporters can't read canary.

CupWizier · Aug 20, 2020

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Stop trolling.
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runaway boy and spend your time in the orange man good thread. Otherwise, you are fair game.

theprunetang · Aug 20, 2020

I can't see Bannon being the kind of guy who could serve a long jail sentence. I wonder how much dirt he has on Trump.

riverman · Aug 20, 2020

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I can't see Bannon being the kind of guy who could serve a long jail sentence. I wonder how much dirt he has on Trump.
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I think enough to get a pardon ...Mannafort got away with treason...Bannon will get a slap for stealing a million bucks from guillable wall lovers

Road Ratt · Aug 20, 2020

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Lanny · Aug 21, 2020

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Bannon - Get a haircut and a job, a legitimate job.

ehizzy3 · Aug 21, 2020

Fuck Steve Bannon

the definition of swamp

Road Ratt · Aug 21, 2020

ehizzy3 · Aug 21, 2020

Nice foreshadowing

Chris Craig · Aug 21, 2020

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Nice foreshadowing
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Wow, he actually told donors what they were going to do with their money

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