Federal judge rules private land on border can be seized for the wall, despite Biden’s construction halt
The federal government can take “immediate possession” of a Texas family’s land along the US-Mexico border after a years-long court battle, a federal judge has ruled a move at odds with President Joe Biden’s pledge to halt wall construction.
Tuesday’s ruling from Judge Micaela Alvarez of the Texas Southern District Court was a blow to the Cavazos family, who for years have been fighting to keep the land that’s been passed down for generations.
“We’re hardworking Hispanic landowners. To my family, you can offer whatever, it’s more important for them to save their land,” Baudilia “Lilly” Cavazos Rodriguez, one of three siblings, two of whom live on the property in Hidalgo County, told CNN. The acquisition process started at least by April 2018.
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HOUSTON, Texas The federal government can take “immediate possession” of a Texas family’s land along the US-Mexico border after a years-long court battle, a federal judge has ruled a move at odds with President Joe Biden’s pledge to halt wall construction.
Tuesday’s ruling from Judge Micaela Alvarez of the Texas Southern District Court was a blow to the Cavazos family, who for years have been fighting to keep the land that’s been passed down for generations.
“We’re hardworking Hispanic landowners. To my family, you can offer whatever, it’s more important for them to save their land,” Baudilia “Lilly” Cavazos Rodriguez, one of three siblings, two of whom live on the property in Hidalgo County, told CNN. The acquisition process started at least by April 2018.
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Joe Biden’s administration has seized a Texas family’s land in service of completing
Donald Trump’s barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. Immigration advocates in the Lone Star State and beyond have denounced the move.
Some eight months after Biden ruled out such an action in an interview on National Public Radio, his administration seized the Cavazos family’s property on Tuesday.
“There will not be another foot of wall constructed in my administration,” candidate Biden told NPR’s
Lula Garcia-Navarroon August 5, 2020, saying his administration would be focused on border protection using “high-tech capacity to deal with it.”