Border wall settlement leads to environmental remediation funding in SD County

Funds that were initially intended for military construction projects were diverted to the border wall's construction, but will be redirected to their original projects, according to the settlement agreement.

A settlement reached in a series of lawsuits that alleged the Trump administration unlawfully diverted taxpayer money to build a wall along the southern border will provide funding towards the remediation of more than 1,200 acres of land in southern San Diego County, it was announced Monday.