Border wall materials auctioned off under the Biden administration will be returned to the Trump administration. The materials are believed to be worth between $260 million and $350 million.
GovPlanet, a government auctioning site, told Fox News that it has “reached an agreement, working with the Office of the Border Czar, to return border wall materials that were previously deemed surplus and sourced by the federal government to GovPlanet via existing contracts.” The company added that a “third-party firm that has been contracted for construction of the border wall will take receipt of the materials over the next 90 days.”
The company stated that the materials will be returned “at-cost” to the government and “protect the millions of dollars that U.S. taxpayers had already invested in this initiative.”
“We are expediting the transfer of these materials to support the administration’s border protection plans,” the statement continued. “We value our longstanding partnership with the U.S. government and look forward to continuing to support America’s federal agencies.”
In December 2024, then-President-elect Donald Trump filed an amicus brief to stop the Biden administration from selling off border wall materials. The brief, filed in the Southern District of Texas, said Trump was “deeply troubled by recent reports that officials in the Biden Administration have been selling off border-wall materials at rock-bottom prices, especially during this lame-duck period.” It added that Trump has a “paramount interest in preventing any unlawful sell-off of border wall materials that may be occurring.”
In January, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a court order that prevented the Biden administration from proceeding with the auction prior to Trump’s inauguration. The court order stated that the federal government “shall not dispose of any border wall materials—including bollard wall panels, gates, or drainage materials—to non-federal government entities until February 1, 2025.” Paxton called the order a “major win.”
