US President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020.
US President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020.
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  • Damages to sections of the US-Mexico border wall were caused by historic levels of rainfall.
  • Thousands of gallons of floodwaters flowed through the area near Douglas, Arizona, last week.
  • Trump's administration only built 80 miles of new border wall during his tenure.
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While Arizona monsoons replenished vegetation and state reservoirs, they also battered portions of former President Donald Trump's partially constructed border wall along the US-Mexico border, tearing off gates and packing what remained standing with sand and debris.

Gizmodo shared a photo from Fernando Sobrazo capturing the aftermath. A spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection confirmed the damage to the Tucson Sentinel, which was caused by historic rainfall levels following a lengthy period of drought in the Southwest.

Over the last week, thousands of gallons of floodwaters flowed through the area near Douglas, Arizona, which serves as a port of entry on the border, the Tucson Sentinel reported.

The Trump administration said that they completed more than 400 miles of border wall while he was in office. However, the BBC reported that the vast majority of these miles were replacements of existing structures built by previous US administrations; only 80 miles of new barriers were built.

President Joe Biden canceled all border wall projects on his first day in office.

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