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Federal judge allows DHS border wall plan through small Texas town’s levee system
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge allowed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to proceed with building a border wall through a levee system protecting Presidio, Texas, rejecting the town's concerns about potential flooding risks.
- The ruling is a win for the Trump administration as it pushes forward with its $46 billion border wall project along the U.S.-Mexico border, despite opposition from local communities and environmental groups.
- Presidio's development district argued that the wall construction could compromise the town's flood protection levees and that DHS violated legal requirements to seek Army Corps of Engineers' permission before building near levees.
- The judge ruled that the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed on their claims and affirmed DHS's authority to waive environmental and other regulations to expedite the wall's construction.
- Opposition continues from landowners, environmentalists, Native American tribes, and others who question the urgency and environmental impact of the wall, with additional lawsuits pending against DHS's plans.
