New Mexico Mayor Orders Group Building Border Wall To Stop Construction

MSN News ^ | 5/29/2019 | Donica Phifer

[detective]

he mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, has issued a cease-and-desist order to a private group that raised millions to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The wall is being constructed by We Build The Wall, a private organization which began a GoFundMe fundraiser in December 2018 when President Donald Trump faced opposition from Congress in receiving a proposed $5 billion to construct the barrier.

To date, the group has raised over $22 million of a $1 billion goal, something which the group's leader, Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, said has been established only because that is the highest monetary allotment that GoFundMe allows for a fundraiser.

The cease-and-desist order was issued on Tuesday after it was determined that the group did not have the proper permits for construction, city spokesperson Peter Ibardo told The Texas Tribune.

[detective]

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who sits on the advisory board for We Build The wall, told the Tribune that the land owner obtained the proper permits needed for construction and that inspectors were present at the build site prior to the start of the build.

[SoFloFreeper]

Stop or what? You’ll say “stop!” again?

Shove it, mayor.

[Magnum44]

I am pretty sure the contractor would not have even broken ground if he didn’t have the permits in order. This Mayor can GFH.

[gaijin]

[Travis McGee]

Plenty of local border-town officials are on the cartel payrolls, handsomely paid to keep the smuggling routes wide open.

This is why you can’t leave border security to locals who get a cut from the smugglers.

[bgill]

Mr. Mayor, how many hundreds of illegals have you brought into your house?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea"

Wonder what his status is?
 

[McGavin999]

This guy isn’t into people, his paycheck from the cartels is for keeping the drug lines open

[billyboy15]

Wth! Either they have the proper permits or they do NOT!

Why would construction be started unless the walls builder DID have permits in place and why would the Mayor order construction stopped unless permits were NOT in place?

[Blood of Tyrants]

The bigger question is how much he has received from the cartels?

[gaijin]

THIS is the guy who put this whole project together.

That guy, on that hospital bed.

He lost 3 limbs.

[Empireoftheatom48]

Sunland Park also operates a nasty little speed trap. Every time I visit my favorite restaurant in the area, I go past someone getting a ticket. Creeps.

[richardtavor]

He needs to be investigated.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[spokeshave]

Thanks for posting the pic

[girlangler]

Gov. Wall Buster Lujan-Grisham sent state police down there to arrest the guy who was with the patriots observing and helping the border patrol. Her fingerprints are all over this too, I guarantee it.

[redshawk]

Plenty of local border-town officials are on the cartel payrolls,

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I’ve heard that if they don’t play ball with the cartels, the cartels will simply wipe out them and their families. I’ve also heard many Border Patrol are threatened as well.

Trump should just send 10k troops there and secure the border with or without a wall. Shoot to kill.

[metmom]

Is the private property part of whatever city this mayor is part of?

If so, it’s outside his jurisdiction.

[sgt_lau]

I suspect at some point, we may see the depth of how much cartel money our elected officials have accepted to keep the border open. What other reason can there be for so much resistance to sealing our southern border?

[redshawk]

The usual requirement is to post in plain view all permits. Why can’t we hear from the contractor?