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Trump admin. waives environmental safeguards to fast-track 69 miles of border wall
KTXS (ABC, Texas) ^ | MAY 15, 2020 | JULIƁN AGUILAR

Posted on 05/15/2020 5:45:36 PM PDT by BeauBo

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is waiving several regulations in order to fast-track construction of nearly 70 miles of border barriers and roads in Webb and Zapata counties.

The move marks a significant step in fulfilling Trump's election-year goal to have hundreds of miles of fencing or wall in place by the end of the year. The waiver allows the Department of Homeland Security to circumvent regulations mandated in the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, among others, according to text of the notice posted in the federal register Friday.

The White House said in February its goal was to build 450 additional miles of barrier by the end of 2020. The 69 miles would be in addition to a 52-mile project also underway in Webb County, according to a Customs and Border Protection wall tracker...

The 69-mile area of the proposed project begins in Webb County at the Columbia Solidarity Bridge and extends southeast to San Ygnacio in Zapata County.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktxs.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: border; borderwall; environment; immigration; laredo; texas; wall
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To: skimbell
Awesome new Border wall?

Check!


21 posted on 05/15/2020 7:21:17 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: HighSierra5
Byedone would tear these new sections down.

Get him on record admitting it. Even people who don't feel strongly about the wall don't like spending money undoing recent work.
22 posted on 05/15/2020 7:27:13 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: BeauBo
Build the Wall!


23 posted on 05/15/2020 7:42:48 PM PDT by Taxman ((We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!))
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To: BeauBo

Makes my heart swell with pride that we, that’s right WE, elected such a great man. It proves that the majority of people in this country still have their head screwed on straight. If ‘rats try to render the wall’s effectiveness null and void after Trump’s 2nd term, by opening numerous unguarded holes in it, say, that will be the ultimate middle finger to the American people that cannot go unanswered.


24 posted on 05/15/2020 8:06:13 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: BeauBo

With Dickinson ND based Fisher doing the 40 plus ft east of San Luis section now the weekly twitter mileage totals may hit 10. Like to see them get Laredo and Douglas AZ -> Columbus NM as well. 18 footers should be adequate in remote areas.


25 posted on 05/15/2020 8:20:32 PM PDT by bakkentom
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To: BeauBo

Now THAT’s an essential business.


26 posted on 05/15/2020 8:53:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: All

Well... since nobody’s said it, I will:

WINNING!!!


27 posted on 05/16/2020 12:38:53 AM PDT by jackibutterfly (My mind is wandering, and I'm following it!)
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To: jackibutterfly

How are the Dominicans getting in?


28 posted on 05/16/2020 2:30:00 AM PDT by Does so ( POLONIUM in presumptive candidate's future?)
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To: BeauBo

Trump and the Hungarians show how it should be done. Has worked in both places.


29 posted on 05/16/2020 6:54:50 AM PDT by Shark24
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To: skimbell
😊
30 posted on 05/16/2020 7:45:16 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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