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On Wednesday, the Biden administration waived 26 laws to build a section of the border wall in southern Texas along the Rio Grande river pointing to “high illegal entry.” It marks a major shift away from President Joe Biden’s initial calls to halt the border wall from being completed. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Elisabeth Vallet, a director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies at the University of Quebec, about the changing strategy of the Biden administration and whether completing the border wall will limit illegal entry via the southern border.