拜登政府周五宣布，计划向五角大楼返还特朗普政府没收的约20亿美元未用军事建设资金，用于在美国建造隔离墙墨西哥边框后对前总统有争议的签名进行全面审查移居项目。

政府称，这笔钱将用于11个州和16个国家的66个延迟安装项目，包括军人家庭学校、机库、住房和培训设施。

这是拜登政府4月份确定的约140亿美元资金中可返还给国防部的余额，特朗普将这些资金从政府其他部门转移到了隔离墙项目上。

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2021年4月14日，得克萨斯州拉乔亚附近，一部分美墨边境墙未完工。

尽管拜登作为候选人承诺在边境修建“不再多一英尺”的隔离墙，但政府周五表示，国会批准的今年用于“边境屏障项目”的资金将由政府支出，直到立法者取消或重新安排支出。

“尽管用于修建边境隔离墙的大部分资金被挪作他用，但国会为DHS的边境屏障项目提供了一些资金。根据法律规定，DHS必须按照拨款用途使用这笔资金。

目前，政府计划优先清理边境军事建筑工地和环境缓解工作，因为它决定如何在国会不采取行动的情况下暂停剩余资金。

至于特朗普政府通过征用权行动没收的私人土地，拜登政府将继续审查获得的土地是否“仍然有必要”用于清理和环境工作。

根据一份概况介绍，国土安全部将“努力将政府不再需要的土地归还给其先前的命令”，这一承诺似乎没有达到倡导者要求完全归还被没收的边境地块和支付任何损失的承诺。

Biden administration to return $2 billion in Trump border wall funds to Pentagon

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans to return to the Pentagon roughly $2 billion in unspent military construction funds seized by the Trump administration for a wall on the U.S. -Mexicoborder -- afterconducting a full review of the former president's controversial signatureimmigrationproject.

The money will be used on 66 delayed projects on installations in 11 states and 16 countries, including schools for military families, hangars, housing and training facilities, according to the administration.

It's the balance available to return to the Defense Department from the roughly $14 billion in funds identified by the Biden administration in April that Trump diverted from other parts of the government toward the wall project.

And while Biden pledged as a candidate to build "not another foot" of wall on the border, the administration said Friday that funds approved by Congress for "border barrier projects" this year will be spent by the administration until lawmakers cancel or reroute the spending.

"Although most of the funds used for the border wall were diverted from other purposes, Congress provided DHS with some funding for border barrier projects. DHS is legally required to use the funds consistent with their appropriated purpose," the administration said.

For now, the administration plans to prioritize the cleanup of military construction sites at the border and environmental mitigation work as it determines how to suspend that remaining funding absent congressional action.

As for the private land seized by the Trump administration through eminent domain actions, the Biden administration will continue to review whether acquired land "remains necessary" for cleanup and environmental work.

The Department of Homeland Security will "work to return" land no longer needed by the administration "to its prior orders," according to a fact sheet -- a commitment that appears to fall short of advocates' calls for full return of seized border plots and a commitment to pay for any damages.