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McALLEN, Texas - South Texans whose land is being taken for the U.S.-Mexico border fence are getting another chance to discuss the project with federal officials. Even with construction on some sections of the fence moving forward and more than 230 condemnation cases making their way through federal courts in the Rio Grande Valley, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is offering to talk privately with landowners. David Pagan, the agency's state and local liaison, said in a prepared statement Wednesday that affected landowners can contact the assistant U.S. attorney assigned to their case to request a private meeting or possibly...

Texas Border Coalition Members to Meet During Global Border Security Conference on Border Alternatives at Technology Expo AUSTIN, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With security technology highlighted at the Global Border Security Conference & Expo as its backdrop, members of the Texas Border Coalition will meet May 21 to discuss issues that directly affect the Texas-Mexico border region and build on strategies to recommend technological alternatives to erecting a physical border fence, which coalition members say will cede privately owned land to Mexico and disrupt economic development in the region. Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster, chairman of the Texas Border...