Posted on 02/06/2019 9:15:25 AM PST by re_tail20
The U.S. government is preparing to begin construction of more border walls and fencing in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, likely on federally owned land set aside as wildlife refuge property.
Heavy construction equipment was expected to arrive starting Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. A photo posted by the nonprofit National Butterfly Center shows an excavator parked next to its property.
Congress last March approved more than $600 million for 33 miles (53 kilometers) of new barriers in the Rio Grande Valley. While President Donald Trump and top Democrats remain in a standoff over Trump's demand for $5.7 billion in border wall funding, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has pushed ahead with building what's already funded.
That construction was often described as fencing, and the government funding bill that included construction was supported by some Democrats in the House and Senate. CBP refers to what it plans to build as a "border wall system."
According to designs it released in September , CBP intends to build 25 miles (40 kilometers) of concrete walls to the height of the existing flood-control levee in Hidalgo County next to the Rio Grande, the river that forms the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. On top of the concrete walls, CBP will install 18-foot (5.5-meter) steel posts and clear a 150-foot (45-meter) enforcement zone in front.
Maps released by CBP show construction would cut through the butterfly center, a nearby state park, and a century-old Catholic chapel next to the river.
Many landowners oppose a border wall and have vowed to fight the U.S. government if it tries to seize their property through eminent domain. Court fights over condemning land could take months.
CBP said in its statement that it intends to start construction on federally owned land. Environmental advocates expect the government to...
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Along with the Democrats, the Media, and some Republicans, you can add some Landowners who oppose the Border Wall.
Butterfly’s can move.
Oh no Trump hates the gnats and butterflies!! /sarc
Butterflies are not that fat. They will be able to flit between the metal slats in the wall.
The should be thanking Trump. The complained that butterflies couldn’t fly over the wall. Trump gave them a “fence” that the butterflies can fly through. Your welcome.
I call BS on that one.
We have friends that had to abandon their land along the border, because it had grown so dangerous.
There is NO way building a Bollard style or Slat style fence will harm butterfly’s in any way.
They are small enough that they would be able to fly between the Bollards or Slats without a problem.
They could also fly over the fence if needed.
They should find out what kills butterflies and sprinkle it around.
The only people that live in the area are the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and of Mexico, a total of what they call around 200 families that the protest of the church means anything to. If the wall is built, the church will have to be taken and it will make it impossible for the Mexican families that attend it to get there. Of course, each time they walk across the border to do so they are trespassing on American soil. They all are lead by a Capitan Santiago.
The tribe has been identified as practicers of cannibalism and witchcraft.
rwood
Good grief. Butterflies are able to travel up to Minnesota every year and fly south for the winter. They can get over a wall.
These people who he seems so intent on winning over are ENEMIES who will NEVER agree with him.
It’s not about ‘butterflies’...................
Butterflies can fly over obstacles; Democrats crash into them.
butterflies
buhterphlies
Go ghoti ;-)
Private land owners who fight the wall on their land will find themselves the open end of the funnel leading illegals right onto their property.
See hoe FAST they will beg for that portion to be filled in !!!!!
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