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Dems Won't Rule Out Endangered Species Act Suits To Block Trump's Wall
Daily Caller ^ | January 27, 2017 | Michael Bastasch

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."

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borderwall; endangeredspecies; environment; epa
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To: M Kehoe
Then the wall won't bother them at all. 😉
61 posted on 01/27/2017 10:11:55 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yes, time to get rid of such acts as this that are misused all the time to further political ends instead of used as their titles would indicate. Owls and snowy plovers have put enough people and small towns into poverty.


62 posted on 01/27/2017 10:18:37 AM PST by Anima Mundi
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To: Nifster

They occasionally come up into Arizona/NM along the mountain ranges, no they are not native here, they are a tropical animal.


63 posted on 01/27/2017 10:19:43 AM PST by kaktuskid (And)
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To: Zakeet

Repeal the Endangered Species Act.


64 posted on 01/27/2017 10:20:38 AM PST by wiley (John 16:33: "In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.")
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Actually, I support militarization of the border, with or without the wall.


65 posted on 01/27/2017 10:22:17 AM PST by wiley (John 16:33: "In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.")
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To: Zakeet

This is the greatest danger to building the wall, constant delays in courts.


66 posted on 01/27/2017 10:23:32 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: BuffaloJack

If we still had them in the original quantities and locations, we would have to worry a lot less about illegals as they would have been eaten by jaguars.


67 posted on 01/27/2017 10:27:24 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Zakeet

Every interstate highway in the country interferes with animal migration. It doesn’t take a lot of highway wall to stop a skunk trying to find his girlfriend in the middle of the night.


68 posted on 01/27/2017 10:37:33 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: Zakeet

If ocelots ever go extinct, they will still be in a lot of crossword puzzles.


69 posted on 01/27/2017 10:47:21 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Electrified fence is so much more humane and less messy.


70 posted on 01/27/2017 11:02:17 AM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA FIRST.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Not just that...remember when Obama sued because Arizona dared to enforce federal immigration laws, when Obama wanted to ignore them? His argument was that he sets US law and priorities, and if he doesn't want to enforce the law, then states can't do it on their own, because it's his prerogative. Remember that?

Environmental laws are Trump's prerogative now, sucklings!

71 posted on 01/27/2017 11:02:19 AM PST by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: Zakeet

That’s how they blocked the wall the last time.


72 posted on 01/27/2017 11:33:55 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Liberals only worry that a wall will increase the price of Cocaine they buy, and Mexican votes who help them win elections and keep power.


73 posted on 01/27/2017 11:45:10 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: M Kehoe
Dig a moat
Take the dirt to New Orleans to build it up
Gather aligators from Florida to put in the moat
PROBLEM SOLVED
74 posted on 01/27/2017 6:20:34 PM PST by Foolsgold (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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