Posted on 06/11/2019 5:45:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Officials have ordered a privately funded section of wall on the U.S.-Mexico border to keep its gate open indefinitely, saying organizers failed to obtain required permits, according to BuzzFeed News.
The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), which oversees waterway issues between the U.S. and Mexico, said the organizers of We Build the Wall, which raised more than $23 million, had not obtained permission to build on federal land.
The half-mile barrier, on the border near Sunland Park, N.M., restricts access to a public monument and waterways, according to the IBWC.
"This is normally done well in advance of a construction project," IBWC spokesperson Lori Kuczmanski told BuzzFeed News. "They think they can build now and ask questions later, and that's not how it works."
The Hill has reached out to the IBWC for further comment.
On Monday, IBWC officials propped open a large gate built into the wall, which had prevented access to a levee and a dam as well as a historic monument that begins a series of obelisks marking the border, BuzzFeed reported.
"We're going to lock it in an open position until we come into a mutual decision on how this gate is going to operate," Kuczmanski told the outlet.
Brian Kolfage, the Air Force veteran who founded the wall fundraiser, accused the IBWC of “over stepping DHS [Department of Homeland Security] and national security experts” with the move.
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It’s ass kicking time
This has got to be a spoof story. Is the story fake?
I think Trump can fix that. I hope they keep building and Trump can take care of that sometime at a good time.
IBWC is a federal gov’t agency - the commissioner needs to be fired.
For decades we wondered why the promised wall was never built, the corruption exposed by the Trump Presidency is staggering.
No, it’s for real. And these corrupt bureaucrats are the ones leaving gates open along the Rio Grande for their Mexican cartel paymasters to stream thousands of illegal alien invaders into the USA every week. They should be arrested and charged.
People should just go and close the gates!
He must.
The future must not belong to those who worship FraudCo.
I would fire his ass.
Between the cheap labor corporation payoffs and the drug payoffs, the US government will not let the wall be built without some drastic measures taken by either Trump or the American people....Or BOTH.....
NO!
Heard about it on the radio station I listen to in the a.m. before work.
Waiting to hear about on FR to get more info.
>>I would fire his ass.<<
It’s a she, and a butt ugly one, too.
And if ICE says lock it in a closed position until a decision is made that might not be so mutual?
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Am I the only person in this Country that believes the only “Federal Land” should have a United States Military Base on it?
Every prior report I saw said the wall was built on PRIVATE LAND...
Someone is playing a dangerous game with these Patriots.
The “just following orders” sheriff department and BP are guarding the gates to make sure they stay locked in the OPEN position. Look at the video’s of it.
She’s hoping a illegal will be desperate enough to mount her.
I was under the impression that all of it was going to be placed on private land, thus the funding by private donations. ??
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