Border Wall at Tijuana and San Diego Border (Photo: Wikimedia)
A North Dakota company, Fisher Sand and Gravel Co., was awarded a $400 million contract to build the border wall, after President Donald Trump pushed for him.
The Defense Department said in a statement Monday that the company will build 31 miles of the wall along the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Arizona.
“We’re excited to finally get asked to the dance,” the company’s CEO Tommy Fisher said. “We want to do what’s right in our hearts and for the country.”
The Washington Post reported that Trump had urged the Army Corps of Engineers to choose Fisher Sand and Gravel Co., but was told that their bid was below the required standards.
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.
Fisher insisted during interviews on Fox News that his company would do a better job than any other firm that had already been awarded contracts.
SLIDESHOW: TOP DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020
Trump confirmed during an April interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity, that he was seriously considering Fisher’s company after it was recommended to him by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota).
Cramer received a $10,000 campaign donation from Fisher and had invited him to last year’s State of the Union address.
“I don’t think he’s advocating for me,” Fisher said about Trump on Tuesday. “I think he’s advocating for someone who can perform and get the wall done, as high quality and as fast as possible.”
The border wall contract is the second largest Fisher has ever received, and has no experience completing a project like this. Previously, the company has built highways, done excavating work and sold heavy equipment.
The company has also been cited hundreds of times by state and local officials for violating environmental regulations.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to prohibit government scientists…
Elon Musk took to social media to criticize the Republican budget bill that recently passed…
Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, has relied on Kremlin…
Seventeen European Union countries pressured the European Commission to respond to Hungary's passing of anti-LGBTQ…
In early May, Frank Bisignano was sworn in as the head of the Social Security…
The GOP megabudget bill proposes to create savings accounts for American babies born during President…