McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.
The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement on the U.S. Federal Registry with few details outlining the construction in Starr County, Texas, which is part of a busy Border Patrol sector seeing “high illegal entry.” According to government data, about 245,000 illegal entries have been recorded in this region during the current fiscal year.
“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas,” Alejandro Mayorkas, the DHS secretary, stated in the notice.
The Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Endangered Species Act were some of the federal laws waived by DHS to make way for construction that will use funds from a congressional appropriation in 2019 for border wall construction. The waivers avoid time-consuming reviews and lawsuits challenging violation of environmental laws. more
One of our problems is the extreme number of laws that hamper everything. 26 LAWS had to be waived to build a wall?
Let me guess: Biden’s handlers, who told Biden to issue those executive orders, already have somebody lined up to bring suit to say Biden can’t waive those laws.
Damn, I must be in a cynical mood tonight.
His cartel buddies aren’t gonna be happy. Is no good operator.
they just posted a pic of the new wall they plan to build …
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fw932JsZqIQ/TJzq9mogWjI/AAAAAAAABB0/ZqL4A7iuJC0/s1600/broken%2Bfence.JPG
… an absolute marvel of engineering & construction to rival Hadrian’s Wall
Election year is just around the corner. He has to do something to try to get votes as he can’t get enough by just cheating this time around.
On year from nowP
“Just kidding, we weren’t really serious”
Of course they should wave the safe drinking water law. All those people wading through the Rio Grande are peeing in it as they cross, not to mention this is probably the first bath they have had in weeks. The water will be cleaner as a result of the wall.
In one area. They may as well put out an announcement that they the illegals to go to El Pao. They want them going through one area. Meanwhile, illegals from Africa are flying in through Turkey.
We said “start” construction. Never said anything about finishing it. When is that election again?
They call it “Operation Horse Left The Barn”
This is a great idea, now that Joey has already sold off the stockpiles of materials for Trump’s wall for pennies on the dollar. What a genius.