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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall
construction in South Texas
By Valerie Gonzalez construct physical barriers
Associated Press and roads in the vicinity of
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The the border of the United
Biden administration an- States in order to prevent
nounced they waived 26 unlawful entries into the
federal laws in South Texas United States in the project
to allow border wall con- areas,” Alejandro Mayor-
struction on Wednesday, kas, the DHS secretary, stat-
marking the administra- ed in the notice.
tion’s first use of a sweep- The Clean Air Act, Safe
ing executive power em- Drinking Water Act and
ployed often during the Endangered Species Act
Trump presidency. were some of the federal
The Department of Home- laws waived by DHS to
land Security posted the make way for construction
announcement on the U.S. that will use funds from a
Federal Registry with few congressional appropria-
details outlining the con- tion in 2019 for border wall
struction in Starr County, construction. The waivers
Texas, which is part of a avoid time-consuming re- A border wall section stands on July 14, 2021, near La Grulla, Texas, in Starr County. On Wednesday,
busy Border Patrol sector views and lawsuits chal- Oct.
seeing “high illegal entry.” lenging violation of envi- (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP, File)
According to government ronmental laws. (3,108 square kilometers) shared during the gather- ty Judge Eloy Vera said it
data, about 245,000 illegal Starr County's hilly ranch- that form part of the Lower ing of public comments will start south of the Falcon
entries have been record- lands, sitting between Za- Rio Grande Valley National shows the piecemeal con- Dam and go past Salineño,
ed in this region during the pata and McAllen, Texas, is Wildlife Refuge. struction will add up to an Texas.
current fiscal year. home to about 65,000 resi- Although no maps were additional 20 miles to the
“There is presently an acute dents sparsely populating provided in the announce- existing border barrier sys- Continued on Page 2
and immediate need to about 1,200 square miles ment, a previous map tem in the area. Starr Coun-