DHS to waive environmental laws in order to build the wall

Houston -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will waive environmental laws in order to build gates between sections of border barriers in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the Associated Press reported.

There are 11 locations the waiver will cover where the government plans to install gates in existing fencing. Similar waivers have been issued by DHS in recent months, similar to this latest group, for projects along the southwest border.

There already is about 700 miles of fencing along the southwest border. In parts of South Texas, segments of fencing begin and end along the levee built next to the Rio Grande, the river separating the U.S. and Mexico. Much of the fencing are a distance from the river and in some instances cut off private property.

This latest proposal of the gates would solve that problem by sealing off some of the gaps.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection usually grant residents who are cut off, access to the gates so they can get to the other side of their land.

It's beginning to look like the wall is being built, and the government also separately plans to start building new barriers for fulfill President Trump's signature campaign promise to build a border wall. Congress has approved $1.6 billion in wall spending, which included funding for 33 miles of construction in the Rio Grande Valley.

Some of the construction planning cuts through the National Butterfly Center and other environmentally sensitive areas. Liberal butterfly enthusiasts are livid and butterflies are confused, not knowing where to go nor how to get there. Most plan to fly.

The valley is the busiest corridor for illegal border crossings, and U.S. government officials say it's targeted by human and drug traffickers.

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen wrote that there's "an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads" along the border. She waived regulations under the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and about two dozen other laws, because she rather see butterflies die, than humans die at the hands of terrorists or other illegal aliens.


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