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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem cleared the immunity and allowed another 36 miles of border wall construction in Arizona and New Mexico.
Immunity to curb environmental regulations, which will build the regulations legally faster. "DHS has been working at the speed of neck breaking to ensure our borders ensure our borders are secured," Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told Fox News in a statement, and removed "outside criminal illegal foreigners."
According to the press release, the exemption covers several projects, including filling the gaps in the Yuma industry and developing on the walls of the El Paso industry. Additionally, the Tucson Sonoita project will be 24 miles.
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Fence landscape on Yuma, Arizona on May 13, 2023 in the U.S.-Mexico border. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)
The CBP press release added that the projects have allocated funds for customs and border protection in the 2020-21 grant.
"Today's news is in Yuma, Arizona, and our community is still struggling to cope with the consequences of the Biden Harris administration's four-year open policy," said Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Supervisor and Chairman of the Border Security Alliance.
"We commend President Trump for his commitment to border security and we look forward to completing it on the walls of the entire southern border. The border crisis is not over yet and our federal government must continue to provide the tools, technology and resources for the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency to provide sufficient resources to provide sufficient resources to ensure national security in the United States," Lines added. ”
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A family of five claimed to be from Guatemala, one said he was Peru, wearing a pink shirt, crossing the desert, and crossing the desert, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, in the Tucson area of the U.S.-Mexico border crossed the border wall, in the Organ Pipe Cactus country, in Lukeville, Arizona (U. Turning immigration from Africa, Asia and elsewhere through the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona border area. (AP Photo/Matt York)
In April, another exemption was approved to build more walls in California. With a few small exceptions, construction of the border wall has largely stopped during the Biden administration as millions of people illegally crossed, including through the gap. The gap between the barriers is also used in cartel activities.
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“Our borders have never been safer or safer, and we want to thank the Trump administration,” Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen told Fox News numbers in a statement. “Parking down the wall is exactly what Arizona votes, and I’m glad Secretary Norm quickly implements President Trump’s mission to protect our citizens and strengthen our national security. In our country, sanity and the rule of law are recovering.”
Critics of further wall construction have largely cited environmental issues.
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Immigrants crossed Mexico from Mexico on December 30, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona, and walked along the U.S.-Mexico border barrier. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)
“Exemption of the environment, cultural protection and protection of clean air and clean water, safeguarding precious cultural resources, and preserving vibrant ecosystems and biodiversity will only cause further damage to border communities and ecosystems,” said EarthJustice Assotiate Cameron representative in an April statement, which will only cause further harm to border communities and ecosystems.
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"Congress should focus on revoking these immunities and remedy the significant losses caused by the wall, rather than rushing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to help President Trump build a more wasted border wall," Walkup added.