U.S. court rules against landowner on border fence

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Source: Reuters

DALLAS, April 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge has ordered a Texas woman to let the government survey her land for a border security fence, the latest round in a series of skirmishes to arise from the immigration-control measure.

Eloisa Tamez has been been a leading figure in resistance to the fence, which is deeply unpopular in border areas. It has made her a thorn in plans to roll out a 670-mile (1,070-km) barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to block people from entering illegally.

"The government is hereby granted the right to survey, make borings, and conduct other related investigations on the tract of land," said the ruling issued late on Thursday in the U.S. District Court's Brownsville division in south Texas.

Immigration is a hot issue in this presidential election year and the government earlier this month waved environmental and other regulations it said would delay completion of the planned barrier.

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