Trump Justice Department sues to seize private property for border-wall construction in Texas

[crazytown]

Trump Justice Department sues to seize private property for border-wall construction

HOUSTON (AP) — Three years into Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall.

Trump’s signature campaign promise has consistently faced political, legal, and environmental obstacles in Texas, which has the largest section of the U.S.-Mexico border, most of it without fencing. And much of the land along the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border in Texas, is privately held and environmentally sensitive.

Almost no land has been taken so far. But Department of Justice lawyers have filed three lawsuits this month seeking to take property from landowners. On Tuesday, lawyers moved to seize land in one case immediately before a scheduled court hearing in February.

The agency says it’s ready to file many more petitions to take private land in the coming weeks. While progress has lagged, the process of taking land under eminent domain is weighted heavily in the government’s favor.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-justice-department-sues-to-seize-private-property-for-border-wall-construction-2019-12-27

'm dreaming of a Blue Texas, just like the one I used to know

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...for visibility...

If this doesn't flip some votes in Texas, what will?

[cannabis_flower]

8. Nobody...

in The Valley was going to vote for Trump anyway. At least not a majority. Picture is who voted for Trump in 2016.

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[PatrickforO]

11. You know, I've been troubled by Trump's withholding of aid

to CA and Puerto Rico, too.

The guy just has to try and screw people who didn't vote for him.

How vindictive can a person be?

[Kaiserguy]

16. In Trumps case

Extremely Vindictive

[Farmer-Rick]

22. He's only president of Nazis and crazy religious fools.

He's not president of average democracy loving Americans.

[Kaiserguy]

34. You are 100%

right.

[Bradical79]

23. It's Trump

Being vindictive and petty encompasses most of his life story. He's very predictable in that way.

[Bradical79]

24. Yeah

The Trump voters who will be mad are just a very small number of Trump voting property owners that live right on the border. They aren't flipping anything.

[33taw]

25. We don't need everyone to flip. Just a small

Percentage in each county will help.

[yardwork]

26. Turnout makes a difference, though.

If residents of the Democratic-leaning counties become very motivated to vote against Trump, that boost in turnout can make a huge difference statewide.

North Carolina has a Democratic governor right now because of voter turnout in traditional Democratic strongholds.

[Skittles]

35. Beto came very close

it sucks that he is gone

[Newest Reality]

2. Well, well, well.

I imagine that the base voters there will be more than happy to give up some land for the cause.

Should I hold my breath waiting for the Land for Trump rally cry and cheers of support from them? Let's see, don't take my guns or my religion, but go ahead and take my land because, well, ah, the leader wants it for the Great Wall of Ignorance.

Loyalists must and should make any sacrifices for their leader. The leader is what is most important here, not what you sacrifice or what you don't get.

Well then, loyal supporters, on your knees! Give tithes of land to the Throne of Bogus. He has, (or will have) your back.

[crazytown]

3. Trump's wall to cut through Texas resort and Golf course.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/6/1883840/-Trump-s-border-wall-to-go-right-through-a-Texas-resort-and-golf-club-populated-by-Trump-supporters

[Newest Reality]

4. Thanks for that one!

Well, I am so happy for them. It will be such a privilege for them to host one of the Great Works and the awe of being that close might be breathtaking.

Another man said, “None of us at our age need the additional stress,” but that doesn’t mean he won’t vote for Trump again in 2020.

Yes, by all means vote for him again. Voting against your best interests is just another form of self-destruction and one wonders if the self-hatred is that difficult to keep in check. It is too bad we have to all share that expression of Thantos. Taking us all down with you is the real problem here.

It's just the beginning of what needs to be given up. Blood is often required further on. Ask not, what your Trump can do for you, but what you can do for your Trump. Authoritarians give you such a sense of false security, but a big daddy can be comforting.

Oh, and seems that some of them will die for the wall considering the age and shape those folks are in. Do they get their names carved on it?

[underpants]

9. Love that story. 😆 can't find the map I saw on one story.

Greg Heiy wore a “Make America Great Again” hat on the golf course at River Bend.






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[blakstoneranger]

5. WOW, IS HE THAT DESPERATE!!

He's already missed his self-imposed deadline. Now he wants to take peoples land for something we don't even need. A rationalization based on a politicized lie. if he hires contractors to build the border wall at $100 million, and the contractor brings in the build at say $30 million, what happens to the other $70 million? does it go back to the government or does it get kicked back to trump inc.? My point is that I believe he's stealing government money! Private companies do it all the time. The overcharge the government for everything and pocket the profits. Trump forced the pentagon to hire a contractor for the wall who is shady and a criminal. the pentagon warned trump this guy was crooked, but trump insisted that they give him the bid. Why?

[keithbvadu2]

6. Use this taking of private land issue against every republican running.

[rickyhall]

7. Screw your base... Brilliant

[PatrickforO]

10. Well, THAT is gonna make him wildly popular down there!

Do you ever wonder why they call the government taking land away from a private citizen by the term 'escheat?'

Because in this case Trump is CHEATING these people out of their land to waste our tax dollars on an utterly unnecessary wall.

Not only should this not be permitted, but all of the disgusting, illegal private for-profit concentration camps dotting our country to 'house' immigrants need to be SHUT DOWN.

[C Moon]

12. Oh the irony, because New York is going to be needing to build something new at

1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023

[sakabatou]

13. So how soon until Trumper's along the border panic about this?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Love the "I'm dreaming of a blue Texas...". I am surprised

Trump DOJ pushing this now. This will piss off a lot of people in Texas.

[cannabis_flower]

32. I'm dreaming of a Blue Texas...

Just like the ones we used to know.

To the tune of White Christmas. Maybe someone can add a few lines.

[maxsolomon]

15. How is this possible without Congressional Authorization?

The wall is not funded.

[Bradical79]

27. Basically by just ignoring the law

Trump found a loophole. Basicaly it's deciding a lot of the rules don't apply to him. He's been doing prep work for this for awhile now. People have stepped out of their homes to already find surveyors on their property, and he told his aides to just go ahead and seize the land illegally because he would just pardon them.

[maxsolomon]

29. One would imagine that the seizures won't go as smoothly as they would

If Congress authorized the project.

But I have no idea if we have an independent judiciary any longer.

[Bradical79]

30. Probably

My gut feeling is that he won't fully commit to the more egregious crime of following through with illegal land seizures until he sees if GOP court packing results in a legal victory, and finds another scheme to get money from somewhere quickly. Until then, it will be more minor steps across that line.

[not fooled]

17. And all so that

an ignorant asshole can con a bunch of ignorant maggots into thinking he is keeping brown people out.

Won't work, big waste of money. But who needs reality when you can dream of Big Daddy?

[Firestorm49]

18. But please, all of you stupid victims, vote for me again. And by the way, did you need food stamps?

[usaf-vet]

19. I think it would be great if the Democrats set aside say every Wednesday on the House schedule FOR..

.. follow-up impeachment hearings for the latest revelation in the news. A standing schedule from here until the Wednesday before the November election.

Just to let Trump know that this is not going away UNTIL he is out of office period.

The proverbial thorn in the side.

Of course that just my opinion of at least one way to continue to keep 45 in the news right up until election day 2020.

[efhmc]

20. Some of the most adamant repugs have land on the border. It's going

to be so much fun to see how they react to this.

[alfredo]

21. Turn Texas Blue

[moondust]

28. Nationalize Walmart and Amazon!

Run 'em like a big not-for-profit PX system for the general public!

Seize them now! Seize them now! Seize them now! Seize them now!



I thought Republicans worshipped private property and HATED big gubment communism.

[Recursion]

31. Texans are well-known for easily giving up on property disputes

[efhmc]

36. Really. where are your stats on that? This owner along with a whole crop of others just fought

the electric "company" from putting huge power lines through our property and won.

[Recursion]

37. It was a joke. Texans are famous for the opposite (nt)

[Karadeniz]

33. I don't understand why DoJ thinks they have a case when this wall hasn't been approved by

Congress and funds haven't been appropriated for it.