Advocates Say Trump is Quickly Grabbing Land For Border Wall, Even During Pandemic

The administration is moving to speed construction of the wall, and to seek waivers to regulations that would slow those efforts.

By Reynaldo Leaños Jr. May 5, 2020 10:00 amBorder & Immigration, Coronavirus, Health & Science, Partner Organizations, Texas Public Radio, The Texas Newsroom

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Nayda Alvarez poses for a photo in her property that her family has owned for five generations along the Rio Grande in the community La Rosita, near Rio Grande City, Tex. on Feb. 9, 2019. Alvarez says that if the border wall were built as it shows it in the preliminary maps, her house would end up about a yard away from it. This could mean that her house would have to be demolished in order to leave the 150-feet enforcement zone clear for surveillance.

From Texas Public Radio:

While much of the country has been on lockdown because of the coronavirus, construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall has continued.

Democrats on Capitol Hill have called for a full-stop on construction. But the administration has accelerated some efforts to build the wall, and Trump is using the pandemic to justify his push for it.

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