Texas Residents Brace For Border Wall Eminent Domain Battles

As the Trump administration sets its sights on building a barrier on the country’s southern border, a group of Texas attorneys aims to help border residents ensure they are properly compensated for whatever land the government seizes.

Julián Aguilar
بواسطة Julián Aguilar
The U.S.-Mexico border fence stretches 14 miles inland separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in this March 27, 2006, file photo. The homes at left are in Tijuana. This section of became the western-most end of the fence when an additional 700 miles of non-contiguous fencing, was erected between California and Texas as a part of the Secure Fence Act. (AP/Lenny Ignelzi)

A group of Texas attorneys launched a campaign Wednesday to help ensure that property owners on the state’s southern border are properly compensated should the Trump administration seize their lands for a border wall. The Texas Civil Rights Project says it will focus its efforts on lower-income residents who don’t have the skills or knowledge

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Trump Admin Has Enough Money For Just Seven Miles Of Border Wall

$20 million. That’s enough to cover the cost of seven miles of wall.

T. Christian Miller
بواسطة T. Christian Miller
People walk past a mural painted on a border structure in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The mural, entitled “SOS, Deported Veterans,” was painted in 2013 by artist Amos Gregory to help raise awareness of the plight of deported veterans. (AP/Julie Watson)

During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall across the southern border some 1,000 miles long. The number of miles the president currently has money for: seven. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials delivered the startling news this week at a conference in San Antonio for businesses eager to win contracts for

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Homeland Security Chief Gives Mixed Messages Over Use Of Splitting Families As Deterrent To Illegal Immigration

John Kelly’s comment to a Senate committee reverse earlier statements that his agency was considering separation as a deterrent to would-be border crossers, mostly from Central America.

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Immigration Overload Central American Gangs Q&A

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says parents and children caught crossing the Mexican border illegally won't be separated unless the "situation at the time requires it." Kelly said border agents could separate parents and children if, for instance, the mother is sick or addicted to drugs. But he said it won't be routine. Kelly's

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Trump’s ‘Buy American’ Pledge May Be At Risk With His Border Wall

Current trade agreements mean foreign companies, including some big firms in Mexico, might well get in on the building of the president’s wall.

T. Christian Miller
بواسطة T. Christian Miller
A protester dressed as a diabolical version of Uncle Sam holds a suitcase full of money at the U.S. border fence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. (AP/Christian Torres)

In one of his first tweets as president, here's how Donald Trump promised to spend taxpayer dollars: "We will follow two simple rules: BUY AMERICAN & HIRE AMERICAN!" he tweeted 55 minutes after taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day. In the first big test of that pledge, here's the reality: The Trump administration has opened the

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Trump’s Border Wall May Force Government Shutdown

Trump’s demand for $1.5 billion this year to fund the initial phase of wall construction along the Mexican border could be in jeopardy as fellow Republicans in Congress are delaying a decision on the request.

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People walk past a mural painted on a border structure in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The mural, entitled “SOS, Deported Veterans,” was painted in 2013 by artist Amos Gregory to help raise awareness of the plight of deported veterans. (AP/Julie Watson)

With attention finally shifting to next major - and potentially damaging - catalyst for the Trump administration and the governing Republicans, namely the all too real threat of a government shutdown on April 28, which falls on Day 100 of the Trump presidency, the most immediate casualty of the mounting financial considerations may be Trump's

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White House Eyeing $18 Billion List Of Budget Cuts Targeting Social Programs

The new list of cuts include $1.2 billion in National Institutes of Health research grants. The community development block grant program would be halved, amounting to a cut of $3 billion, and $500 million would be stripped from popular transportation project funding known as TIGER grants.

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WASHINGTON — The White House is following up its longshot roster of budget cuts with a wish list of $18 billion worth of immediate reductions, including cuts to medical research, infrastructure, and community development grants. Like President Donald Trump's 2018 budget, which was panned by both Democrats and Republicans earlier this month, the

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