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24. Kris Kobach gives tour of GoFundMe border wall

Wed May 29, 2019, 06:54 AM

May 2019

Aaron Martinez, El Paso Times
Published 7:30 a.m. MT May 28, 2019 | Updated 10:02 a.m. MT May 28, 2019

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was in the El Paso area Memorial Day weekend to show off the new wall near Sunland Park, New Mexico, built with money raised from a GoFundMe account.

Kobach is general counsel for the “We Build the Wall” group, which has raised more than $22 million of its $1 billion goal to put up barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The group and its advisory board also include several prominent proponents of President Donald Trump's immigration policy, including former White House strategist Steve Bannon, Blackwater security firm founder Erik Prince, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, and Milwaukee's "Sheriff" David Alexander Clarke Jr ...

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2019/05/28/border-wall-tour-kris-kobach-gofundme-elpaso-texas-donald-trump/1254699001/

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OMG! GoFundMe Border Wall Ordered To Cease And Desist After Failing To Provide Permit [View all] kpete May 2019 OP

Permits! Sherman A1 May 2019 #1

Cuz we are above the law and policies like trumpty dumpty. iluvtennis May 2019 #11

we called it! samnsara May 2019 #2

Scrap modrepub May 2019 #3

Tear it down. Guilded Lilly May 2019 #4

"Gov. Lujan Grisham, tear down this wall!" BadgerMom May 2019 #9

Absof'nlutely :) Guilded Lilly May 2019 #10

They have to tear it down, if it's not in accordance w/laws, OR they change the laws. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #15

This the so called "law and order" party... right? procon May 2019 #5

So much winning! RainCaster May 2019 #6

Amateurs. Karadeniz May 2019 #7

Privately funded border wall struggle4progress May 2019 #8

Permits! PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #12

Permits...hah! patphil May 2019 #16

Yes. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #18

Good local coveral here..... KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #13

What do you want to bet that Trumpoids told him to build what they want... Honeycombe8 May 2019 #14

Sorry I can't help it...they don't know how to tackle what they consider their MOST serious problem! ancianita May 2019 #17

The property owner built his illegal wall with money he collected procon May 2019 #19

A Trumpster doing something shady? I am shocked! Shocked!!!! Initech May 2019 #20

I'm so tweeting this! Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #21

I can't help but think that the construction company is behind this whole thing Sapient Donkey May 2019 #22

+ struggle4progress May 2019 #23

Kris Kobach gives tour of GoFundMe border wall struggle4progress May 2019 #24