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Mayorkas cites ‘immediate need’ to waive regulations, build border wall in Texas as immigration surges
Fox News ^ | October 4, 2023 8:26pm EDT | Adam Shaw

Posted on 10/04/2023 5:53:26 PM PDT by conservative98

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is citing an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws in order to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged, a sharp contrast to dismissals of the use of such barriers in the early days of the administration.

The agency posted an announcement on the U.S. Federal Registry which outlines construction in Starr County in the Rio Grande Valley Sector -- where the administration says there is "high illegal entry." The agency says there have been over 245,000 migrant encounters in the sector this fiscal year.

Mayorkas says he is using his authority provided by Congress to waive 26 federal laws, including the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Endangered Species Act.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: border; invasion; texas; trump; wall
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1 posted on 10/04/2023 5:53:26 PM PDT by conservative98
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Mayorkas' announcement comes as migrant numbers in September broke new records


2 posted on 10/04/2023 5:53:46 PM PDT by conservative98
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When do Causasians qualify as an endangered species?


4 posted on 10/04/2023 6:00:33 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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Well we have the stoop labor we need now.


5 posted on 10/04/2023 6:01:33 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: conservative98

Really? Now build the wall?


6 posted on 10/04/2023 6:01:41 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: conservative98

So building cages now is also an option? lol


7 posted on 10/04/2023 6:02:08 PM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: conservative98

Hidden meaning, “we have registered enough new voters to secure the ‘24 election so we can stop the invasion now.”


8 posted on 10/04/2023 6:03:39 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: conservative98

oh what a difference a day makes...


9 posted on 10/04/2023 6:03:43 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: conservative98

Why do I think any border-wall constructed at this point will be to prevent the illegal aliens (and maybe legal citizens) from leaving?

If you have ever built a wild pig trap, you will understand my thinking.


10 posted on 10/04/2023 6:05:29 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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Election time.


11 posted on 10/04/2023 6:06:20 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: conservative98

Must be they figure they’ve already gotten enough illegals into the country to steal elections for the next 20 years anyway.


12 posted on 10/04/2023 6:06:54 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: conservative98

Completely unnecessary. The border is closed. Right?????


13 posted on 10/04/2023 6:07:33 PM PDT by Fzob (“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential)
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As is usual, democrats simply ignore laws when it suits their political agenda.


14 posted on 10/04/2023 6:09:05 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: conservative98

The problem with this is that he’s using this to go around 26 LAWS. Are they laws, or regulations? I wonder.


15 posted on 10/04/2023 6:10:50 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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I’m waiting for the WaPo story that Trump tore down the walls but that brave Joe Biden is building them up again. Because you know it’s coming.


16 posted on 10/04/2023 6:11:24 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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So now Biden and the democrats just have to convince their voters that they have wanted a border wall the entire time and it is the evil far-right MAGAs that have been stopping the wall construction. No longer will a border wall be racist and xenophobic. It will be the right thing to do (especially if one more progressive politician or activist is mugged, robbed, or car-jacked).

Of course, they will fall right in line. Those such as the Pigs on View and Morning Joe will be spouting the new party line as soon as they receive the talking-points.


17 posted on 10/04/2023 6:11:55 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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watch them build wildlife crossing tunnels under the new wall sections.

Only half kidding.


18 posted on 10/04/2023 6:18:00 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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To: conservative98

Did they clear this with Kamala?


19 posted on 10/04/2023 6:26:43 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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I’ll bet this has everything to do with Kevin McCarthy getting dumped as House Speaker yesterday.


20 posted on 10/04/2023 6:30:07 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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