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(CNN) - White House chief advisor Jared Kushner and other administration advisers plan to install 24-hour webcams on the southern border of the United States to broadcast live wall construction, The Washington Post reported Tuesday .
Citing four people familiar with the White House proposal, the newspaper reported that Trump's son-in-law and adviser raised the idea at a meeting in July. The proposal seeks to gain public support as part of an effort to combat criticism that Trump had breached his 2016 campaign promise to build a wall, the newspaper reported.
"There will be a camera on the wall and it will be launched early next year," a senior White House official involved in the initiative told the newspaper.
Customs and Border Protection officials did not respond to the request for comments made by the newspaper on Tuesday and the Army forwarded the questions to the agency.
The news comes after last month construction began on the first new kilometers of wall along the US-Mexico border since Trump took office, two Customs and Border Patrol officials told CNN. Kushner has long been involved in border deliberations, attending meetings with Trump and potential contractors at the White House earlier this year.
The details and costs of the webcam project remain unclear, although a person involved in the discussions told The Washington Post that Customs and Border Protection has funds for mapping and border planning that could go to the initiative. .
The sources told the newspaper that the idea of the webcam comes despite the rejection of the US Army Corps of Engineers. UU. and senior Customs and Border Protection officials.
Officials from both agencies were worried that US work teams could be seen violating border jurisdiction when they venture into southern Mexico while transporting vehicles or equipment, according to the newspaper. The cameras would also need their own internet connection and operators to keep them directed towards the construction activity.
Kushner stubbornly advanced the program after Trump, interested in getting new photos or videos to tweet, asked him to direct the management and messaging efforts on the border wall, the newspaper reported.
"It is understood that Kushner is so aggressive because the president has been asking him all along," said a senior White House official.
Another White House official told The Washington Post that Kushner said he was following the president's orders to finish a border structure and cancel the excuses of the aides, holding meetings approximately every two weeks since the initial July meeting to push for a faster construction.
The live broadcasts will be part of a website focused exclusively on the progress of the border wall to vigorously announce the project, the official added.
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