Posted on 03/15/2017 7:21:55 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Even before Donald Trump was inaugurated, U.S. citizens who own land along the border reportedly began receiving letters from the Justice Department informing them that the federal government wants their land to build a fence (i.e. the president’s border wall), that it intends to acquire their land, and the amount of compensation the government is offering.
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I’m about to the point where I wouldn’t mind if Trump abolished congress and appointed himself king.
The border is international territory; therefore it is under the domain of the Feds.
Build that part of the wall last.
I may be wrong, but I think I read that many people cannot even use their own land because of all the violence and cartels.
From what I’ve read, people have huge areas of their own property they don’t dare go on to.
I would think they would welcome a wall.
But I haven’t lived in TX in a long time.
No individual...no group of individuals...no Party...must be allowed to stop this.
Think of Trump as the last polite attempt to restore our nation. We can’t let the rats have power ever again. It will be the end of the republic so there is not much to lose.
The federal government is very efficient with a “Declaration of Taking.”
I think here in NM that would be the case.
Build the wall around the tribal land and keep it on the other side.
Of all the things to say on the Idea of March.
Stoopid autocorrect - Ides of March.
Wasn’t there a couple killed, a few years back, while they were boating or something?
Btw, Mexico, with all due respect, I believe the US won the war with you.
Deal with it.
( that being said, I may be remembering my history wrong)
Those who are against the wall just go around and build the wall north of their property. If they want back in, they can find the big beautiful secure door.
I'm not sure that's true.There's a town in Northern Vermont that I pass through fairly regularly (Derby Line) that has an interesting history.It's right on the border.I've stepped right up to the little concrete "monument" indicating the border.No sign of my being in "international territory".I was standing in US territory...if I had taken one step forward I would have been in Canadian territory.
Didn’t Obama take a bunch of land by declaring it a monument or something?
There are parts were private land is right up against the border and those land owners are protected by the 5th Amendment.
The GOP and Congress are a joke who do not care about Americans
That is a real crime.
New Mexico is a gorgeous state. :)
“Didn’t Obama take a bunch of land by declaring it a monument or something?”
Were the land owners compensated?
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