The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday it canceled two contracts to construct 31 miles of border wall in the Laredo, Texas, immigration sector along the U.S.-Mexico border. Homeland Security claimed that the two canceled border barrier contracts “are not necessary to address any life, safety, environmental, or other remediation requirements.” The funding for those contracts was previously funded with the agency’s 2020 fiscal year appropriations, a news release from the agency said. Construction and land acquisition for the two canceled Laredo projects hasn’t begun, DHS said, although it said it would carry out environmental planning surrounding the two projects. But a news release from the agency announcing the move, however, appeared to leave the door open for some border projects in the sector. “DHS continues to review all other paused border barrier projects and is in the process of determining which projects may be necessary to address life, safety, …