[Political Junkie Too]

especially property ROW in that short timeframe where there is no border fence currently in place.

I wonder if state and/or federal easements exist there nonetheless? If the border has easements on it now, the the right-of-way to access it should be a standard part of it.

-PJ

[exit82]

There already exists a 60’ wide easement along the southern border the Feds own—it was put there by Teddy Roosevelt in 1907.

Temporary construction easements would be needed to access this easement to build the wall. In some areas, there already exists wildlife refuges or wilderness areas, so there are groups who are all upset by someone threatening to build a wall. Of course millions of illegals and drug “mules” have already worn trails through there and drop an unholy amount of trash and human waste along the way—they never seem to complain about that.

So there is already land set aside along the border to build a fence and have a road to patrol it with.

[deport]

I can't cite details of the actual boundary, etc. However the border in Texas runs about
1255 miles along the Rio Grande. Generally the US/Mexico line is the middle of the river.
However there are two major reservoirs/lakes, Amistad and Falcon. Also where there are
gorges or canyons then fencing is less of a need at this time. In the towns/cities along
the Rio they buildings are built basically up to the river.

All that said it will take planning, commendation proceedings and who knows what else
to ‘get this done. It's doable but not overnight is my opinion.

[tumblindice]

“I wonder if state and/or federal easements exist there nonetheless?”
That’s a darned good question.

https://www.aclu.org/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

As we have come to learn, Trump isn’t shy about 5th amendment taking and the (drumroll plz) ACLU agrees that we can pretty much do anything lawful that we, the American people, want to do in the furtherance of public safety within 100 miles of our borders and coasts.

[octex]

I wonder if state and/or federal easements exist there nonetheless?
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AFAIK, the lands along the Rio Grande in Texas is the private property of the ranchers and farmers... other than that within the Big Bend National Park.

The property owners have access to the river for their livestock and crops. It would cost the gov’t. tons of money to both buy ROW land and provide access to the water.