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Trump moves to close gaps in San Diego border fence, but environmental concerns linger

SAN DIEGO — The border wall system running through San Diego County has been one of the most fortified stretches in the southwest for decades, beginning with a border security push in the 1990s and continuing with miles of replacement fencing constructed during President Donald Trump’s first administration.

But some spots remain where there is no fence at all, and an effort to close those gaps has been tied up in court over funding and further complicated by the specialized environmental design necessary for those areas.

Projects to close those gaps — in the works since the Biden administration — could now be completed by the second Trump administration, with panel installation at one San Diego border canyon spot expected to begin next month.

Efforts are also underway to build new fence in Texas, the Department of Homeland Security announced over the weekend.

In the past two months, Trump’s push for border security has already altered the landscape at the San Diego-Tijuana border, with U.S. troops installing multiple layers of concertina wire along the fence and Mexican National Guard troops patrolling popular crossing routes, including at the gaps.

Partly as a result, Border Patrol apprehensions in the San Diego sector — already low before Trump took office in late January — have sharply fallen in