Court rules for U.S. in chapel's battle over South Texas border wall

[Judi Lynn]

Source: UPI

FEB. 7, 2019 / 4:21 AM
By Patrick Timmons



The U.S. government sued the La Lomita Chapel's property owners, the Diocese of Brownsville, for access to the land to conduct a survey for construction of a border wall through Mission, Texas. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons


MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The South Texas border wall is one step closer to construction after a federal judge ruled government surveyors can access the historic La Lomita Chapel over objections from its landowners, the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.

"I'm not surprised," nearby landowner Rey Anzaldua said of the judge's decision Wednesday to grant the government access to diocese-owned land. Anzaldua's family has land nearby, has lost hundreds of acres to government projects and is set to lose more to construction of a wall along the Mexico border.

"They don't give us any due process or equal protection under the law," Anzaldua said. "It's a given that every time we go to court, we are going to lose."

Congress appropriated funds last March to construct a border barrier along 33 miles in South Texas. The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville owns land in Hidalgo County, where 25 miles of this border wall is to be built soon.


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[sinkingfeeling]

1. He'll destroy everything to keep out people of color.

[Lonestarblue]

3. He's destroying the lives of US citizens.

Of course he doesn’t care. The media has done a few stories on the costs to landowners along the border, but this needs to be in the news every single day to turn public attention into demands to stop this wall, which was approved in last year’s budget.

[NurseJackie]

2. It's criminal.

[scarytomcat]

4. please save the butterflies

How can 25 miles of wall be so important. They will destroy everything to get what they want.

[Initech]

5. They're racist locusts.