Berlandier's Tortoise says, "Don't use me as an excuse.! Go, Trump!"
Posted on 01/27/2017 9:13:25 AM PST by Zakeet
President Trump's political opponents may use existing federal laws designed to protect endangered species to stop him from building a border wall to stem the flow of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico.
Environmentalists say Trump's proposed border wall would hinder the movement of endangered species migrating through their natural, cross-border habitats, and activists aren’t above filing suit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to stop the wall.
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"Litigation is just one tool in our advocacy work, and we take nothing off the table," she said.
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Jaguars and ocelots, for examples, are endangered species whose range extends along the U.S.-Mexico border. They are more abundant in Mexico than the U.S., so they could pose hurdles if portions of the wall cross through their habitats.
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"We will not stand by while Trump creates a Berlin Wall on America’s border," Kierán Suckling, CBD’s executive director, said in a statement. "We'll fight this Stone Age proposal in every way we can - and if necessary put our bodies in front of the bulldozers."
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I’m going to hazard a guess here & say that “national security” (and the border wall is exactly that) trumps (no pun intended) the Endangered Species Act.
THIS one is going to require popcorn and a large cherry coke!!!
KYPD
In California, illegal aliens are a predominant species and nowhere near extinction. H3ll, we’ve got millions and millions of them.
Ignore bad laws, build the damn wall!
Rachel Corrie wannabees.
Americans and Christians in particular are endangered without the wall.
Time to get rid of the Endangered Species Act. We need more wolves and frogs in America like we need more illegals.
What you said.
Not a lawyer but if a court had to weigh the interests of national sovereignty and defense (assuming these are a Constitutional duty/power) vs. a statutory interest (environment), would a judge be able to rule for the latter without it being overturned?
Soon he will have to add the "Inconsequential Raging Libtard Wacko" to the list.
Berlandier's Tortoise says, "Don't use me as an excuse.! Go, Trump!"
The REAL ID Act actually allows the secretary of the DHS to exempt any border wall from environmental assessments or legal challenges because of national security.
> The US doesn’t have ocelots or jaguars
But we used to.
Soon after WW2, the government put a bounty on Jaguars in the USA in an effort to exterminate them. It was around 1949 that they managed to kill off the last one.
Then Congress can repeal or amend the Endangered Species Protection Act to make sure that it doesn’t impact national security.
Yep. And the majority od Americans support building a wall so the Dems, as usual, represent the identify group politics.
A few days ago someone had a great thought:
Build the wall in Mexico; wait for the protestors; build the actual wall behind them so they can’t get back in...
> if necessary put our bodies in front of the bulldozers.
Ok.
Hi. Hope you are doing well.
I believe there are still ocelots in FL. In the wild.
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“”Personally, I find the idea of enviro-wackos throwing their bodies in front of bulldozers to be quite appealing””
Absolutely - saved me from posting the same thing...
Yes, you are correct. Counts as national security so any enviro-nazi bullcrap is null and void.
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