LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - If you can’t beat them, join them. But, if you’re the City of Laredo, that means making the most out of a situation you don’t want to be in.

Department of Homeland Security Makes it Official

It started with news out of last Monday’s city council meeting.

“The City of Laredo received, for the first time, official notice of the administration’s plan to build the border wall along the entire southern border,” Laredo Mayor Dr. Victor Treviño shared during the communications portion of last Monday’s City Council meeting. He added, “This includes the area consisting of Laredo, Texas.”

During that meeting, city officials announced that they had been formally notified by the federal government about construction plans. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ,

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