imminent domain powers

Hundreds of Texas landowners get notice of Trump administration’s land grab

“90-year-old Texan Elvira Canales said that while no one from the federal government has told her a proposed border wall could go through her land, she’s nonetheless prepared to fight to defend what is hers. “I won’t sell it,” she said, “or I won’t give it permission because it’s my property for generations and generations.” Hundreds of others, …

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As debate rages on border wall funding, construction is already beginning

“To the delight of activists and lawyers, language in the budget bill bars the construction of fencing at several local landmarks – like the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, the historic La Lomita chapel and the National Butterfly Center — but it’s unclear whether that protection extends to any construction funded through Trump’s emergency declaration.” …

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