The Biden administration has paved the way for construction of a new wall along the southern border in Texas by overriding more than a dozen federal laws in a sharp reversal of its previous stance on physical barriers.
The Department of Homeland Security announced plans to bypass a long-delayed environmental review to speed up construction of a border wall in Starr County, TX as the administration struggles to deal with an ongoing immigration crisis that has strained local and federal resources.
The area where construction is planned has seen “high illegal entry,” according to authorities.
“There is currently an acute and urgent need to build physical and road barriers around the United States border to prevent illegal entry into the United States in the project area,” said Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS secretary, in a notice posted on US Federal Registry.
The Democratic administration is picking up where former President Donald Trump left off.
One of Trump’s biggest campaign promises was to build a wall along the US-Mexico border and his administration is building about 450 miles of border barriers between 2017 and January 2021.
The Department of Homeland Security announced plans to bypass a lengthy environmental review to speed up construction of a border wall in Starr County, TXNYPJ The area where construction is planned has seen “high levels of illegal immigration,” according to authorities. NYPJ The administration has struggled to deal with the migrant crisis that ongoing that has affected local and federal resources. James Keivom
DHS’s decision to build more walls contradicts Biden’s earlier pledge to end construction.
“Building a massive wall spanning the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution,” Biden said in a declaration to stop the building on January 20, 2021.
US Customs and Border Protection has argued that the planned construction, which could add up to 20 miles of barriers to the existing wall in the area, does not violate Biden’s declaration.
“Congress appropriated fiscal year 2019 funds for the construction of border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley, and DHS is required to use those funds for the purposes appropriated,” CBP said in a statement.
US Customs and Border Protection has argued that the planned construction, which could add up to 20 miles of barriers to the existing wall in the area, does not violate Biden’s declaration. Getty Images “Congress appropriated fiscal year 2019 funds for the construction of border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley, and DHS is required to use those funds for the purposes appropriated,” CBP said in a statement. James Keivom One of Trump’s biggest campaign promises was to build a wall along the US-Mexico border and his administration is building about 450 miles of border barriers between 2017 and January 2021. AP
“CBP remains committed to protecting the nation’s cultural and natural resources and will implement good environmental practices as part of the projects covered by this waiver.”
Laws that have been waived by DHS include the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Endangered Species Act and some environmental advocates have raised concerns.
“The plan to build the wall would destroy an impermeable barrier right through the middle of that habitat,” Laiken Jordahl, southwest conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity, said Wednesday. “It will stop the migration of wildlife dead in their tracks. It will destroy large amounts of wildlife refuge land. And it’s a terrible step backwards for the border region.”
Laws that have been waived by DHS include the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Endangered Species Act and some environmental advocates have raised concerns. NYPJ Three busloads of immigrants arrived at the Port Authority bus terminal after traveling from Texas, on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Seth Gottfried
Some Democrats also criticized the plan.
“A border wall is a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem. It will not improve border security in Starr County,” said Rep. Henry Cuellar in a statement. “I continue to oppose the wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars on an ineffective border wall.”
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