
Want to Build a Wall? Don’t Try It in Her Town.
How a Laredo activist and her scrappy environmental group have fought back against powerful interests in South Texas
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How a Laredo activist and her scrappy environmental group have fought back against powerful interests in South Texas
“This is going to start legal fights and the courtrooms are already overloaded,” the Texas congressman said of a brewing eminent domain battle.
“We’ve prioritized border walls over everything else.”
Walls are a stop-gap measures that preserve the status quo. They are also the means to block migrants without forming a policy to deal with the ones you already have inside.