Is going to destroy the National Butterfly Center:
This is probably one of the worst abuses of power the Trump regime has come up with yet.
The proposed wall is over a mile from the border, and the project includes roads and an "enforcement zone" in which all vegetation will be cleared.
And can we talk about the abuse of eminent domain laws? Not that Trump cares about other people's property rights.
I don't expect anyone in the Trump regime to give a hoot about the environment and endangered species (and this project will likely doom some animals to extinction, such as the ocelot), but apparently they don't care about the economic damage to the area: ecotourism contributed $450 million to the local economy.
MAGA!
Via Crooks and Liars.
Today the most diverse butterfly sanctuary in the country, and other protected areas in the lower Rio Grande Valley along the US-Mexico border, are under threat. Last week, the US supreme court issued a ruling allowing the Trump administration to waive 28 federal laws, including the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Air Act, and begin construction on 33 new miles of border wall in the heart of the valley – and right through the butterfly center.
This is probably one of the worst abuses of power the Trump regime has come up with yet.
“It’s going to cut right through here,” said Wright, showing where the wall will split the center’s property 1.2 miles from the border and cut off access to nearly 70% of its land.
Trump has expansive federal powers to construct the border wall on both private and public land. Since 2005, the Department of Homeland Security has had the power to waive numerous environmental laws in the name of national security.
And the federal government can, and has, used eminent domain law to acquire privately owned land for public use.
“We fully anticipate that they will seize the land by quick take,” said Wright, referring to a Depression-era provision of the eminent domain law that gives federal agencies the right to take property without compensation or adjudication. “Legal claims are not addressed or settled. You don’t get your day in court. You don’t get to negotiate appraisals or offers. Nothing,” said Wright.
The proposed wall is over a mile from the border, and the project includes roads and an "enforcement zone" in which all vegetation will be cleared.
And can we talk about the abuse of eminent domain laws? Not that Trump cares about other people's property rights.
I don't expect anyone in the Trump regime to give a hoot about the environment and endangered species (and this project will likely doom some animals to extinction, such as the ocelot), but apparently they don't care about the economic damage to the area: ecotourism contributed $450 million to the local economy.
MAGA!
Via Crooks and Liars.
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