Gonzalez seeks presidential meeting over seized border land
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is seeking a meeting with the president to urge him to take swift action on two pressing issues facing residents in his district — the risk of flooding from gaps in the Rio Grande Valley’s levee system, and the taking of private land — both related to the construction of a border wall the president has pledged to halt.
Gonzalez, D-McAllen, announced his intent to meet with President Joe Biden in a letter released Wednesday.
“This administration cannot repeat the mistakes of the past with respect to our border communities,” the letter reads, in part.
“Our people should not be left on the wrong side of the wall, detached from the rest of the country, and left with land worth less than it was absent a wall, and with no compensation for that loss. Our community continually bears the burden of failed policy, and when we offer solutions to the problems in our back yards, it appears that our voices are not heard,” the letter further reads.
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(McAllen Monitor)