US EditionDHS Expedites 36 Miles of Border Wall, Waiving Environmental Laws
- On Thursday, waivers were granted by DHS leadership to accelerate the building of 36 miles of new border wall segments in Arizona and New Mexico.
- The waivers build on a prior waiver signed by Noem for California wall construction and allow bypassing environmental laws to speed up these projects.
- The projects covered by the waivers span various areas, including approximately 24.7 miles in the Tucson Sonoita region, the Yuma Sector's Barry M. Goldwater Range with seven identified gap closures, and secondary wall constructions in the El Paso Sector.
- Customs and Border Protection indicated that these efforts will address important vulnerabilities and improve security measures within the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso, Tucson, and Yuma operational areas by reducing bureaucratic hold-ups.
- The Department of Homeland Security has authorized exemptions based on a 1996 immigration law to accelerate the building of physical barriers and strengthen U.S. Border Patrol efforts along the border.
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Santa Teresa getting 7-mile-long 'Secondary Wall'
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The Borderland is getting approximately eight and a half new miles of border wall. Santa Teresa in particular is slated to get a "Secondary Wall." Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued three new waivers for border wall construction from New Mexico to Arizona. Santa Teresa is expected to get about seven new miles as part of the "Santa Teresa Secondary Wall Project," while Anapra will get a…
Homeland Security accelerates border wall construction in New Mexico and Arizona • Source New Mexico
A stretch of the border wall near Columbus, New Mexico along State Road 9. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann / Source NM)The U.S. government this week set aside environmental protection laws in order to speed up border wall construction along approximately 20 miles of New Mexico’s border with Mexico. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday signed a waiver of various federal laws to expedite border wall construction in southwestern New Me…
Trump Administration Waives Environmental Laws to Speed Border Wall Construction
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has signed waivers to speed construction of 36 miles of new border wall in Arizona and New Mexico. In a statement, the department said Noem was exercising her authority to waive environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act. Meanwhile, a Peruvian woman who was detained by U.S. Army soldiers and arrested by a Border Patrol agent in West Texas on May 12 has been acquitted of illegally e…
Donald Trump’s government yesterday issued three new exemptions from environmental laws to continue the construction of the border wall that suspended the administration of Joe Biden in the areas of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) reported yesterday through a national press release, that the Secretary of the Department of National Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, issued the new exemption…
DHS Issues New Waivers To Expedite New Border Wall Construction In Arizona
Three new waivers have been issued by the Department of Homeland Security for border wall construction that should expedite construction of approximately 36 miles of new border wall in Arizona and New Mexico. These waivers are in addition to the waiver that was signed by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Noem and published in the Federal...
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