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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Two Faces of Senator Cornyn
No Border Wall | November 28th 2007 by noborderwall
With the introduction of S. 2348, the “Emergency Border Security Funding Act of 2007”, Texas Senator John Cornyn has once again shown that he values the worst politics ahead of the best interests of Texas and our nation. It calls for at least 700 read more
Conservation Groups Appeal Construction of Arizona Border Wall
No Border Wall | October 1st 2007 by noborderwall
The Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife issued the following statement today regarding the construction of the border wall in sensitive habitat along Arizona's southern border.Conservation Groups Ask Federal Government to ConsiderBorder Fence’s O read more
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