The Pentagon notified Congress in March it authorized the transfer of $1 billion to begin new border wall construction.

CNN obtained a Pentagon budget notification that was sent to Capitol Hill that showed up to $1 billion will go toward building 57 miles of border wall.

On Tuesday the Pentagon announced it awarded nearly $ billion in contracts to President Trump’s border wall.

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Here is the statement released today by the Pentagon.