Texas Rancher Sues Feds, State After Finding Surveillance Camera on His Property

San Antonio Express News ^ | Jason Buch and Joana Santillana

[snoringbear]

“He should be thanking them for watching the border... unless he is a border jumper sympathizer.”

Trump will have problems with the ranchers who’s property borders right up to the river. While they don’t like illegals coming across their property, destroying fences, fields, buildings, sh!tting everywhere, etc, and want ICE to shut down the trespassing they don’t want to relinquish any land for a wall. There will probably have to be a court fight over eminent domain before the feds can take the land.

[bert]

The fight will be over the price.

The government will get the property

If the wall is built in the water at waters edge, there will be no payment to the land owner .

[Bigg Red]

Thank you for posting that. Travis is a treasure, for sure.

[Az Joe]

Read it and weep

https://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/amdt5bfrag4_user.html

[Libloather]

He’s also asking for $500,000 in damages for mental and emotional distress...

Snowflake?

[Trump.Deplorable]

I live in the People’s Republic of New Jersey

The laws/rules don’t matter here.

[WayneS]

I asked you to show me the power in the Constitution, not post crap from a bunch of leftist lawyers.

[Az Joe]

Its the same constitutional power that allowed the keystone pipeline and will allow Trumps border wall to be built.

[snoringbear]

“The fight will be over the price. The government will get the property If the wall is built in the water at waters edge, there will be no payment to the land owner .” Agree that the fight will be over price and the government will ultimately get the property. And, you may be correct that the land owners won’t receive payment for the land - at least not all of it. Your comments reminded me that the Rio Grande, being a navable body of water, is owned by the U.S. government from its midpoint to the waters edge. I believe “the waters edge” is established by height above sea level which could very well place the property line between the government and property owners a good ways back from what may appear to be the waters edge to the uninformed. Just fyi; I’m not sure that height above sea level is how the property line along rivers is established as a river obviously drops in height as it meanders toward its lowest point which in the case of the Rio Grande is the Gulf of Mexico. However, I do know that’s the method used on Corp of Engineer lakes and private lakes such as those owned by electric utilities and municipalities. Whew, did intend to be so wordy, sorry 🤗...

[piroque]

worth reading , thanks , shows the abuse our on government is doing ,

[bert]

If you are interested, an interesting similar Texas problem exists along the Red River border with Oklahoma.

The red river never stays in one place and I think I remember that while law suits were in process river shifts changed the facts of the case.

Anyway, it was the Red River that reminded me of perhaps a similar situation along the Rio Grande

[snoringbear]

“If you are interested, an interesting similar Texas problem exists along the Red River border with Oklahoma.” Yup, you’re correct. I live in the DFW area and do recall seeing news coverage of this. Actually, I thought about putting this instance in my previous post as an example but thought I was getting dangerously close to turning it into a term paper, 😏....

[VA_Gentleman]

I’m in agreement with you, if the government put a camera on my property without a warrant, they might have it returned in 1000 little pieces.

[wastoute]

I grew up in New Mexico in the 50s. Not far from the border. I knew many SPANISH families and most of them did not care to be called Mexican. Some were more recent arrivals and didn’t care because they had been Mexican but for the most part the author here is correct as far as the 1950s. A friend of my mom insisted she was “Native American” even in the 50s and adamantly NOT Mexican.

[wastoute]

Like I say, I grew up in New Mexico in the 50s. Sean 327 is absolutely correct. We used to learn New Mexico history in school I hope they still do. The Castillo family HAS been there since the earliest Spanish. In fact the oldest church in America is in Santa Fe.