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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFeds are seizing private land for border wall
The Trump administration is dialing up efforts to 'build that wall,' records showThrough November 15, the Trump administration had filed 29 eminent domain suits tied to border-wall construction this year, up from 11 each of the past two years, according to federal court records. All but four of this year's suits were filed in Texas. Eminent domain is the right of a government to seize private land for public use, while providing compensation.
Last month, in the Rio Grande Valley, construction began on the first new barriers along the border since Trump took office. US Customs and Border Protection expects to build about three miles of new wall over the next few months, an agency official recently told CNN. Mark Morgan, CBP's acting commissioner, has said the agency wants to build 450 miles of new wall by the end of 2020.
Approximately 1,300 miles of the 1,950 mile US-Mexico border do not have fencing; these areas often are treacherous terrain or privately owned.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/us/trump-administration-seizing-border-wall-land/index.html
bluestarone
(16,900 posts)Bet we would be surprised!
tblue37
(65,290 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Which, I suspect is exactly what hes counting on. Another whine about how hes the victim so his MAGATs will be outraged at how unfairly hes being treated. And, of course, of why he cant uphold his promise. And why they need to re-elect him so he can fulfill his promise.
struggle4progress
(118,273 posts)and there was so many Mezzikin-looking folk living around us"
TwilightZone
(25,456 posts)Approval of the wall in TX is under 50% and has been for some time now.
https://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Poll-Texas-voters-oppose-border-walll-12847966.php
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Texans-deeply-divided-on-border-wall-new-poll-13646390.php
They are also strongly opposed to seizing private property for it: 62-33.
https://www.texasobserver.org/many-texans-want-a-border-wall-without-a-federal-land-grab-thats-impossible/
struggle4progress
(118,273 posts)The state has always been a weird mix
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)But NOW they whine about Don the CON. Shucks...........
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)stopdiggin
(11,292 posts)Think of the amount of solar we could be putting in. Or the dams and bridges we could install or repair.