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Troop to camp almost every weekend. >> his ranch is undeveloped so in addition to losing land, he worries that constructing a wall will devastate local plant and animal life. >> it hurts me when i think of my grandchildren not being able to access this property where we're standing right now. >> show me a man who has no enemies and i'll show you a man who's never stood for [ bleep ]. >> reporter: up north in laredo, webb county sheriff and his department do their job while washington debates border security policy. >> you know, this is my job. i have been doing it for 35 years. this is my job,...

Let's talk in donald trump business terms. building a wall is a bad return on investment. because as many folks will tell you, let's ask el chapo, you can build a wall and then build a tunnel right underneath it. a lot of undocumented persons come to this country legally and just overstay their visas. you also have a hurtful dynamic that's going to be generated between mexico and the united states. mexico being one of the u.s.'s greatest trading partners. the biggest for us here in texas so it's just nonsensical in terms of that. then you have that injury on top of that. it doesn't make sense....

Thanks for staying with us. it's no secret that president trump wants to build a wall along the u.s. southern border and his 2018 budget asks congress to shell out $2.6 billion for border security with $1.6 billion of that money going towards actual brick and mortar construction. what we have not heard much about what hands to the -- happens to the land owners whose properties are in the wall's proposed path? for the next question for you, we're asking agree or disagree, the use of eminent domain to build president trump's border wall is an affront to property rights. pulse.msnbc.com/america. ...

Government must build through these private lands so the government uses eminent domain laws to take the land it needs. >> when somebody says we're going to build a wall regardless, we're going to take your land, regardless, that's a little bit too much. am i going to fight it, pardon many my language, hell yeah. that's what texans are for. >> reporter: mauricio and his sister garcia own a large ranch that's in the path of the wall. their property is south of laredo and has been in the family over 250 years. >> we are blessed to have this. wherever we walk around this area, we can actually fee...

Ancestral homesteads and the family cemetery that overlooks the river. >> my dad is buried very close to the village where everything started. he died twoears ago. we can still feel it. >> a farm boy from south texas. born in the house. he was a marine during the second war. he fought in the island of iwo jima and can you just picture a wall on top of your relative? in this case being my father? my father would have to sacrifice twice. >> farther south in the rio grande valley the government has already told ben avie dez it will cease part of his ranch. though it's possible there's a gate allo...