Posted on 08/28/2019 2:48:33 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
President Trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast-track billions of dollars’ worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project.
He also has told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly, those officials said.
Trump has repeatedly promised to complete 500 miles of fencing by the time voters go to the polls in November 2020, stirring chants of “Finish the Wall!” at his political rallies as he pushes for tighter border controls. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed just about 60 miles of “replacement” barrier during the first 2½ years of Trump’s presidency, all of it in areas that previously had border infrastructure.
. . . Trump conceded last year in an immigration meeting with lawmakers that a wall or barrier is not the most effective mechanism to curb illegal immigration, recognizing it would accomplish less than a major expansion of U.S. enforcement powers and deportation authority
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“...environmentally sensitive border areas adjacent to U.S. national parks and wildlife preserves...”
Yep, we don’t to disrupt all that sand and all those lizards.
Suddenly libs care about property rights
Anonymously sourced story No. 1,230,501 from the WaPo. Brought to you by the same anonymous sources who confirmed that Russian Collusion.
Oh, these areas are so environmentally sensitive that they require garbage and human waste be dumped on them by the illegals crossing the border.
““...environmentally sensitive border areas adjacent to U.S. national parks and wildlife preserves...”
So, whats worse for the environment. A wall, or thousand upon thousands of people stomping across sensitive areas leaving mountains of trash and human waste?
Besides this is from the same people who feel it is just swell to flatten thousands of hectares of land and ridgelines, fill them with concrete and construct giant bird shredders or solar farms making huge swaths of land permanently incapable of supporting wildlife and hideously ugly to boot
He wants it black so it heats itself ?
Black is beautiful. Trump loves beautiful.
Oh hum...fake news times 10...
“Yep, we don’t to disrupt all that sand and all those lizards.”
There is some concern (among “experts”) that that the much beloved Arctic Rat Lungworm may not feel as conducive toward mating, if the scenery is disturbed by a barrier. Setting the right mood is a touchy thing for those little darlings, and only Liberals are artistically inclined enough to judge what is appropriate.
But seriously, they have sued on behalf of the Quitobaquito Pupfish.
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