Texas is a little different and is not a part of that 60’ easement you reference.
In the end it will all be worked out.
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The Roosevelt Reservation is a 60-foot (18 m) strip of land on the United
States side of the United States–Mexico Border under the jurisdiction of
the United States Federal Government. It was established in a 1907 Presidential
Proclamation (35 Stat. 2136) by Theodore Roosevelt in order to keep public
lands in California, Arizona, and New Mexico “free from obstruction as a
protection against the smuggling of goods between the United States and
Mexico”.[1][2][3] Texas is not mentioned, due to the details of the
Texas annexation, where Texas retained all public lands upon annexation
and admittance as a state.[4][5] Not all land on the border with Mexico
in California, Arizona, and New Mexico is public.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Reservation
I thought it was just the geography of the river that made the Roosevelt Reservation a non issue in Texas. Good to know that it is simply non-existent in Texas.
Like you say, they will work it out in the end.
But if they do get it done in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo (as they plan to do with this year’s money) everything that is left will be relatively a lot easier.
This year’s effort is the long pole in the tent, in terms of difficulty, cost, and impact on overall border control.