PHOENIX — Border Patrol on Friday announced it would begin construction next week to close gaps in the barrier near the Morelos Dam west of Yuma. The four gaps that will be closed are part of ...

One of the gaps in the wall near the Morelos Dam in Yuma, Arizona. AFP via Getty Images. President Biden ordered a halt to border wall construction shortly after taking office in January 2021 ...

The sun sets behind a gap along the border wall at the Morelos Dam between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on May 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) ...

The initiative, known as the Yuma Morelos Dam Project, is meant to address operational impacts as well as immediate life and safety risks, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security news ...

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — When the Colorado River reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, it pushes up against Morelos Dam. Nearly all the remaining water is shunted aside into an immense canal and flows ...

YUMA, Ariz. (KGUN) — Plans are still moving forward to fill the border gaps at Morelos Dam near Yuma, Arizona. These gaps are considered to be dangerous for border patrol agents and migrants ...

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — When the Colorado River reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, it pushes up against Morelos Dam. Nearly all the remaining water is shunted aside into an immense canal and flows ...

The sun sets behind a gap along the border wall at the Morelos Dam between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on May 31, 2022. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) ...

The agency said in a statement that Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized completion of the project near the Morelos Dam, reflecting the administration's "priority to deploy modern, ...

“For too long, the Morelos Dam area has been an operational challenge for Border Patrol agents to properly secure the border and keep our communities safe,” Kelly said in a statement.

"Morelos Dam gets a lot of traffic, but this is an election year kind of symbol for them. That's all this is," he said, referring to a structure not far from where Arizona, California and Mexico ...