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By January 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had spent $40 million on environmental analysis and mitigation measures aimed at blunting any possible adverse impact that the fence might have on the environment. On January 16, 2009, DHS announced it was pledging an additional $50 million for that purpose, and signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior for utilization of the additional funding .... There is a down payment of $1.2 billion to the Department of Homeland Security marked for border security, but not specifically for the border fence
Expansion freeze
President Barack Obama ordered a halt to the expansion of the "virtual fence," the Department of Homeland Security announced on March 16, 2010.
The money would be used to upgrade current border technology.