Proposed Border Wall at Popular National Park Triggers Outrage
If the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Department of Homeland Security get their way, several laws will be waived to build a border wall that would run right through Big Bend National Park in Texas.
In a notice DHS shared last month, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claims that "it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border...