Work on the border wall continues — without social distancing

Work on President Trump’s border wall continues during the pandemic, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Contractors are building a “mancamp” to house up to 80 workers, and work is continuing — with side-by-side laborers working on the wall near Columbus, New Mexico — near El Paso.

A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the paper the wall is considered “essential business” and was under the impression — incorrectly, according to the News — that the workers were following White House and CDC guidelines for social distancing.

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— Texas Tribune staff