Trump’s border wall caused ‘significant damage and destruction’ to environmental and cultural resources, watchdog says

Barriers constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration caused “significant damage and destruction” to the environment and cultural sites, the Government Accountability Office said in a report Thursday.

The watchdog’s 72-page document says former President Donald Trump’s efforts to deliver on a campaign promise — to construct more than 450 miles of border barrier panels along the southwest border to deter illegal crossings and activity — hampered the migration of endangered species, eroded federal lands, disrupted water flow and “irreparably” damaged sacred tribal sites.

As they prepared to construct the wall…