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2023-09-01 03:36:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D2812C7A41B7D6954A7EC78321C535A9632A63E1AA706937ADC8314C81247172
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The gates in the video were opened for months on end in both the Trump and Biden administrations. The engineering issue that causes this — the gates' inability to handle floods or to be opened/closed remotely — was first reported in 2020 and is not a new issue: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trumps-border-wall-vulnerable-to-flash-floods-needs-large-storm-gates-left-open-for-months/2020/01/30/be709346-3710-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N3AC241
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