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Old 07-08-2018, 04:15 PM
 
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Landowners along the border are receiving their letters from the Trump administration with over 200 requests in just two counties in Texas to survey their land for "infrastructure such as a border wall".

"One Roma resident, 81-year-old Felix Rodriguez, said a government employee offered him $300 for part of his 500-square-foot property."

Texas property owners getting notices from Trump admin about surveying land for border wall: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...n-about-buying
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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Wait, I thought Trump is lying and is not building the wall.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:19 PM
 
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Wasnt this the reason the border wall was stopped under Obama? He started to build the wall but lawsuits from landowners and conservation groups stopped the progress.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:24 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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Wasnt this the reason the border wall was stopped under Obama? He started to build the wall but lawsuits from landowners and conservation groups stopped the progress.
I think you're right.


Back to the OP, don't you have to wonder how much a 500 square foot property is worth? Who the hell is going to buy it at all?


I don't think Trump lawyers will scare quite as easily as Obama lawyers.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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Wasnt this the reason the border wall was stopped under Obama? He started to build the wall but lawsuits from landowners and conservation groups stopped the progress.
Never heard Obama talk about the wall. It was the law and he did not carry it out.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:27 PM
 
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I think you're right.

Back to the OP, don't you have to wonder how much a 500 square foot property is worth? Who the hell is going to buy it at all?

I don't think Trump lawyers will scare quite as easily as Obama lawyers.
I don't care if they do it. Texas is a red state, they voted for Trump and if Trump rips them off, they voted for that.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:33 PM
 
Location: Chesapeake Bay
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I think you're right.


Back to the OP, don't you have to wonder how much a 500 square foot property is worth? Who the hell is going to buy it at all?


I don't think Trump lawyers will scare quite as easily as Obama lawyers.
Given that Trump's lawyers haven't been able to walk and chew gum at the same time, lt'll be interesting.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Landowners along the border are receiving their letters from the Trump administration with over 200 requests in just two counties in Texas to survey their land for "infrastructure such as a border wall".

"One Roma resident, 81-year-old Felix Rodriguez, said a government employee offered him $300 for part of his 500-square-foot property."

Texas property owners getting notices from Trump admin about surveying land for border wall: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...n-about-buying
Same deal happened with the “ Bush Wall”.

Court battles took years to resolve.

There are miles of gaps in that wall to accommodate friends of that administration. This included but was not limited to ranches, country clubs, a university and several HOAs. Others, not politically connected, had their land siezed by the courts.

The majority of land along the border is privately- owned.
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:50 PM
 
Location: In the reddest part of the bluest state
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I expect every ancap to hit this thread with condemnation for dear leaders theft of private property! Right?
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Wasnt this the reason the border wall was stopped under Obama? He started to build the wall but lawsuits from landowners and conservation groups stopped the progress.
The Secure Fen e Act of 2006 contemplated nearly 650 miles of fencing. While Congress approved it, it did not initially fund it. There were endless delays associated with court actions/ eminent domain.

It was completed in 2009.
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