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And found legal battles that dragged on for years. homeowners who described heartache. drew griffin tonight reports. >> reporter: their lives were cut in half the last time the u.s. government decided it wanted to build a wall. ray and deanne couldnt believe it. they had been farming the south texas land for nearly 100 years until the notice came the government was taking it. >> i was very angry. i just kept saying, how can they do that? how is that possible in the united states that they can do...

Land and then keep us in here. lock us in. i didnt understand. i was very -- i was floored and flabbergasted. >> reporter: that was almost ten years ago. they thought they could fight. they lost. the government paid them a settlement and took the land it needed to build this fence. cutting their farm in two. >> it left us no property on the u.s. side of the border wall. including my house. everything was behind -- on the mexican side of the u.s. border fence. >> reporter: these american citizens...

City. jonathan is right. make it all private. thats the best thing to do. >> and that will stop this. >> when things are owned by the public. they are owned by no one and thats why all of the utilities and services are literally going to hell. have a private developer put up condos and residential and take responsibility. and make it a no property and no income tax zone, people can do in assessment as they do in the villams, you could so it tloif. >> a lot of cities in texas no income tax and do...