According to the White House budget plan released on March 16, Trump is seeking to spend $2.6 billion to plan, design, and start constructing a wall along the US-Mexico border. An additional $3.3 billion would go toward building new detention facilities for undocumented immigrants, hiring 1,500 immigration and border control agents, and expanding a digital system, called E-Verify, that allows employers to see if people are eligible to work in the US.
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These designers want to put up a bi-national park instead of Trump's $21 billion border wall
The design, which calls for a bi-national park on America's southern border, is a winner of the "Building the Border Wall" competition.
A rendering of the "Border Park," one of the winners of the international design competition "Building the Border Wall."
This is just a preliminary proposal. The US Department of Homeland Security says the total cost of the border wall project could be around $21.6 billion.
The wall — and everything that would come with it — is easily one of the largest infrastructure investments in the president's plan.
Three New York City-based designers have envisioned a more cost-effective (and amiable) alternative: a bi-national park that runs the entire length of the US-Mexico border.
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The designers,
The Border Park designers haven't calculated how much it would cost to create their nature reserve, but estimate it would be much less that Trump's proposal.
If the proposal for the border wall moves forward, there is no shortage of construction firms vying to build it. Over 700 contractors have expressed interest in the Trump's administration's proposal for the project.
The Border Park's designers say that Trump should re-consider his plans for the wall.
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