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WRITING ASSESSMENT: You have six sources of information in front of you. Write a 500-word story about President Trump s plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico. Please use AP Style and proper attribution. Include a headline and dek (subhead). 1) Agency plans to award Mexico border wall contracts by April SAN DIEGO (AP) U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that it plans to start awarding contracts by mid-april for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, signaling that he is aggressively pursuing plans to erect "a great wall" along the 2,000-mile border. The agency said it will request bids on or around March 6 and that companies would have to submit "concept papers" to design and build prototypes by March 10, according to FedBizOpps.gov, a website for federal contractors. The field of candidates will be narrowed by March 20, and finalists must submit offers with their proposed costs by March 24. It's unclear how soon Congress would provide funding and how much. The Government Accountability Office estimates it would cost on average $6.5 million a mile for a fence to keep out people who try to enter on foot and $1.8 million a mile for vehicle barriers. There are currently 354 miles of pedestrian fencing and 300 miles of vehicle barriers, much of it built during President George W. Bush's second term. Republican leaders in Congress have said Trump's wall would cost between $12 billion and $15 billion. Trump has suggested $12 billion. 2) Fox News interview with Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/02/dhs-secretary-border-wall-shouldbe-finished-in-two-years.html
3) President Trump s comments on the border wall At the same time, my Administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. We want all Americans to succeed --- but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders. For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border. It will be started ahead of schedule and, when finished, it will be a very effective weapon against drugs and crime. address to Congress, Feb. 28, 2017 We've defended other nations' borders while leaving ours wide open, anybody can come in. We're going to build a wall, don't worry about it. We're building the wall. We're building the wall. In fact, it's going to start soon. Way ahead of schedule, way ahead of schedule. speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, Feb. 24, 2017
4) Mexican President cancels planned DC meeting with Trump MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled a planned Tuesday meeting with President Donald J. Trump on Thursday, signaling a remarkable souring of relations between Washington and one of its most important international partners just days into the new administration. The rift capped days of increasingly confrontational remarks on Twitter and in dueling public appearances between the two men, whose countries conduct some $1.6 billion a day in cross-border trade, and cooperate on everything from migration to anti-drug enforcement to environmental issues. Hours after Trump tweeted that the meeting should be scrapped if Mexico doesn't agree to pay for a wall along the nearly 2,000-mile border, Pena Nieto responded via the same platform. "This morning we have informed the White House I will not attend the working meeting planned for next Tuesday," the Mexican president tweeted. He added that "Mexico reaffirms its willingness to work with the United States to reach agreements that benefit both nations."
In a speech later Thursday, Trump doubled down on the dispute, saying that "unless Mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless, and I want to go a different route. We have no choice." Trump also claimed that calling off the meeting was a mutual decision and floated a new possible threat to Mexico, which sends about 80 percent of its exports to the U.S. and which has vowed not to pay for a wall. "We're working on a tax reform bill that will reduce our trade deficit, increase American exports and will generate revenue from Mexico that will pay for the wall, if we decide to go that route," Trump said. His spokesman later said Trump was calling for a 20 percent tax on imports to pay for the southern wall. He has also pledged to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada. White House press secretary Sean Spicer later responded to the Mexican president's tweet, saying: "We'll look for a date to schedule something in the future. We will keep the lines of communication open." 5) CNN: Will Trump s border wall become a fence? 6) NPR: Border Wall Would Cut Across Land Sacred to Native Tribe http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/02/16/trump-border-wall-fencegriffin-lead-dnt.cnn http://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516477313/border-wall-would-cut-across-landsacred-to-native-tribe