A New Mexico city issued permits to a company to build a section of border wall on private land, days after issuing a cease-and-desist order.
After the order was issued, the city government was deluged with thousands of phone calls from supporters of the wall.
Kolfage said in Twitter early Thursday that We Build the Wall “was given the green light yesterday afternoon by the city of Sunland Park to resume construction, and our permits were re-issued.”
“From the start We Build The Wall, Inc complied with all regulations as required by law as we stated,” he added.
He later shared pictures of the permit and the wall being built.
A project summary released by the nonprofit said the property owner was originally told by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that erecting a wall on their land was too difficult because of a mountainside, but the group and its contractor was still able to build the barrier. It said the area was part of the territory of the Jaurez cartel, which has been human and drug trafficking from Mexico into the United States.
The land is owned by American Eagle Brick Co.
“I got 800 calls on my answering machine in one hour. They’re all calling from out of state. They are in favor of the wall,” said one Sunland Park city official who declined to be named.
The CEO of Arizona-based Fisher Industries said that he was proud to be working on the wall.
Fisher said his company had placed a bid with the federal government to build 234 miles of border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border but that the Army Corps of Engineers was chosen to erect the wall.
Still, the company is now engaged with We Build the Wall, which said it was going to build additional sections on private property.
“I think it’s going to be very effective,“ Fisher said. ”I’ve heard from multiple border agents. They just can’t believe it.”