Three years after chants of build that wall became a rallying cry for the candidacy of Donald Trump,his administration is engaged in an increasingly aggressive land grab along the southwest border.
Through 11-15 the Trump administration filed 29 eminent domain suits tied to border wall construction,up from 11 the last two years.
All but four were filed in Texas,eminent domain is the right of the goverment to seize land for public use ,while providing compensation.
CNN
This is like what Masachusetts did in the 30's to build the Quabbin reservoir,where the towns of Enfield,Greenwhich,Prescott and Dana were forcibly evacuated by the state with compensation given and the swift river was flooded and the four ghost towns became a giant reservoir to supply Boston with water.
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22 Nov 2019, 3:25 pm
