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The Border Wall's Environmental Impacts were Largely Ignored Acco…
No Border Wall | July 2nd 2008 by noborderwall
Before Chertoff waived 36 federal laws to build the border wall, the Department of Homeland Security went through the motions of preparing Draft Environmental Impact Statements for the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and for a portion of the border wall s read more
Assaults on Private Property to Build the Border Wall Challenged…
No Border Wall | June 27th 2008 by noborderwall
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid has been working to defend the rights of landowners who live in the path of the border wall. Their legal defense of private property rights in south Texas comes as the Department of Homeland Security, led by Secretary Cherto read more
The Border Wall’s Lawless History
No Border Wall | June 20th 2008 by noborderwall
The border wall, which has already done tremendous damage to the environment of our borderlands, will in coming weeks plug a canyon south of San Diego. More than 2 million cubic yards of earth will be torn from adjacent hills and dumped into a canyo read more
Tommy Lee Jones puts the “Border Fence” into perspective
Mexico Trucker Online | June 11th 2008 by Mexico Trucker
The border wall has gained a new, and very visible opponent. Interviewed by 02138, the magazine about all things Harvard, alumnus Tommy Lee Jones minced no words when asked about his thoughts on the barrier. The idea of a fence between El Paso a read more
Building border walls during hurricane season is dangerous
No Border Wall | June 4th 2008 by noborderwall
By K. Rod SummyMost of us who live here in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas were very relieved when the Secretary of Homeland Security recently thwarted a potentially dangerous proposal by the Border Patrol to check the immigration status read more
Texas Groups Sue to Force the Department of Homeland Security to…
No Border Wall | May 29th 2008 by noborderwall
The Frontera Audubon Society, the Friends of the Wildlife Corridor, and the Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge are suing Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff for waiving 36 federal laws in order to build walls along the U.S.- read more
Presidio does the right thing in joining the Texas Border Coaliti…
No Border Wall | May 24th 2008 by noborderwall
by Adrienne EvansOn Tuesday, May 20, after input from citizens and discussion among the mayor and council, the Presidio City Council voted to join the Texas Border Coalition (TBC), a coalition of Texas border cities, counties, chambers of commerce, a read more
Senator Cornyn's Lack of Integrity Brings Texans the Border Wall
No Border Wall | May 20th 2008 by noborderwall
Despite the fact that he voted for both the Secure Fence Act and the Real ID Act, in October Texas Senator John Cornyn told the Border Trade Alliance, “I have long said that I do not support a fence, or as some said, a wall, between the United Stat read more
Judge JD Salinas Buys into the Border Wall
No Border Wall | May 12th 2008 by noborderwall
On February 8 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff held a press conference at the Border Patrol station in Hidalgo County, Texas, to announce that a deal had been struck with Hidalgo County Judge JD Salinas to build the border w read more
DHS Violates the Law in Condemning Private Property for the Borde…
No Border Wall | May 8th 2008 by noborderwall
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid has been providing legal advice and representation to private property owners threatened by the border wall who could not otherwise afford a lawyer. The Department of Homeland Security has been trying to browbeat landowners read more
El Paso commissioners pass anti-border wall resolution
Mexico Verdad | May 6th 2008 by Mexico Trucker
EL PASO — County commissioners are opposing construction of a wall along the nation’s southern border with a resolution. The El Paso County Commissioners Court voted 3-1 Monday in favor of a resolution that calls for stopping the building of read more
The border wall will drive jaguars to extinction in the United St…
No Border Wall | May 1st 2008 by noborderwall
The Center for Biological Diversity is bringing suit to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a recovery plan for jaguars in southern Arizona. Listed under the Endangered Species Act, the jaguar is one of the first species that will be read more
Sign border fence petition
bootstrap analysis | May 1st 2008
I've long been meaning to write about how outrageous the Texas border fence is, and how harmful to wildlife. I took this photo on my last trip to south Texas in February, a trip in which I once again visited... read more
Nice to see we agree
(Beyond the Nation) | April 30th 2008
Remember in my primary predictions when I called Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Col) an a-hole? Looks like I'm not alone on the matter. A heavy proponent of the wonderful money hole that is the proposed wall across the Mexican/American border, the read more
Members of Congress Support the Constitutional Challenge to Chert…
No Border Wall | April 7th 2008 by noborderwall
Today 14 members of Congress announced that they will file an Amicus Curiae brief in support of the constitutional challenge to the Real ID Act filed by the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife. Section 102 of the Real ID Act gives Secretary Cherto read more
How to Speak Truth to Power
Born Again Bird Watcher | April 6th 2008 by John Riutta
At the close of my previous post I encouraged all who wished to do so to write their senators and representatives to urge them to reign in U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in his circumventing of the environmental laws that will be violated read more
The Politics of Fear and the Destruction of Nature
Born Again Bird Watcher | April 5th 2008 by John Riutta
When I first heard the news that the Bush administration and its Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff planned to circumvent a host of environmental laws in order to effect the completion of the “Great Wall of Bush” dividing the U.S. fr read more
Chertoff’s Border Wall Waiver is an Assault on the Rule of Law
No Border Wall | April 1st 2008 by noborderwall
The No Border Wall Coalition is deeply disturbed by the announcement that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has decided to “waive in their entirety” 36 federal laws to build walls along the entire United States’ souther read more
Riding the Border Wall to Reelection
No Border Wall | March 28th 2008 by noborderwall
Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) likes to brag about the wall that he built on the border. It took a decade and $39 million to build the first 9 miles of border wall south of San Diego, and its impact was minimal at best, but it made Rep. Hunter p read more
Chertoff's Real ID Act Power to Waive U.S. Law Challenged
No Border Wall | March 18th 2008 by noborderwall
In 2005 the Real ID Act was attached as a rider on an appropriations bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after it failed to pass on its own merits. It contained a provision intended to overrule the objections of the California Coastal Commi read more
COURT RULES SECRETARY CHERTOFF VIOLATING THE LAW IN BUILDING BORD…
No Border Wall | March 9th 2008 by noborderwall
The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law released the following statement regarding their lawsuit defending the private property rights of border resident Eloisa Tamez:In a 32-page decision issued today, a federal judge in Brownsville ruled read more
We Call for a Moratorium on Border Wall Construction
No Border Wall | March 3rd 2008 by noborderwall
The No Border Wall Coalition announced today that they are joining together with other organizations across the country in a call for a moratorium on the construction of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border. The groups claim that the Department of Home read more
Members of Congress Urged to Support the Borderlands Conservation…
No Border Wall | February 12th 2008 by noborderwall
The No Border Wall Coalition has signed on to the following letter urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support H.R. 2593, the Borderlands Conservation and Security Act. Signers include the Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, World read more
Homeland Security is suing landowners to build the border wall
No Border Wall | January 16th 2008 by noborderwall
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid issued the following press release:WESLACO, Texas – Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA), the leading provider of legal aid in Texas, is making itself available to border landowners facing lawsuits from the Department of Home read more
The Draft EIS for the Texas Border Wall must be rewritten to comp…
No Border Wall | January 2nd 2008 by noborderwall
The public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Tactical Infrastructure for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, Texas ended on New Year’s Eve. The Draft EIS is a fundamentally flawed read more
Blatant Bias in the Border Wall Environmental Impact Statement
No Border Wall | December 19th 2007 by noborderwall
The Department of Homeland Security intends to break ground on the border wall in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the spring of 2008. Seventy miles of wall are planned to cut across the Valley from Roma to Brownsville. In preparation for this enorm read more
Texas Border Wall May Worsen Flooding During Hurricanes
No Border Wall | December 15th 2007 by noborderwall
By K. Rod SummyOne very disturbing aspect of the proposed Border Wall in south Texas has received very little coverage in the local press, although it may well be the most important with respect to public safety. Federal, state and county officials h read more
The Wall Saga Continues
Born Again Bird Watcher | December 7th 2007 by John Riutta
Regular readers may recall an entry I made to Born Again Bird Watcher not long ago concerning the plans for the construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. In the name of National Security (and really, what isn't these days read more
Border Walls Will Not Protect Texas From Terrorists
No Border Wall | December 7th 2007 by noborderwall
On the first page of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 70 miles of border wall that are scheduled to be built in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley in the spring, it states, “The mission of CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] is to prevent terro read more
The Department of Homeland Security Versus Environmental Justice
No Border Wall | November 30th 2007 by noborderwall
In the recently released Rio Grande Valley Tactical Infrastructure Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the Department of Homeland Security attempts to brush aside issues of environmental justice in its plans to build border walls in south Texas. Al read more
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