Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170404:05:47:00
Burning alive. we couldn't go back in and save them. >> reporter: their story is part of a cnn analysis of 442 lawsuits, filed by the u.s. government against american landowners. the property owners either fought to keep their land or tried to get more money than the federal government was offering under eminent domain. in most cases, a cnn analysis found those land owners lost the battle. a decade later, 93 of the lawsuits are still in court. what did all those land owners get? a total of $78 million, the fair market value to cover 654 miles of current border fence land the government took. w...