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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas

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This is the first time the administration has done this, a practice often employed by the Trump presidency.

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  1. 12News Phoenix

    Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    12News Phoenix's feed description

    This is the first time the administration has done this, a practice often employed by the Trump presidency.

  2. The Daily Caller

    ‘Immediate Need’: Biden Admin Clears Path To Construct More Border Wall On Federally Protected Land (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Biden administration will clear a path to construct more border wall in Texas on federally protected land, according to an unpublished Wednesday federal register filing.

  3. Legal Insurrection

    Biden Admin Waives Numerous Federal Laws to Construct a Border Wall in South Texas (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Mayorkas: "There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States..."

  4. Rolling Stone

    Biden Admin. Waives Dozens of Federal Laws to Build New Border Wall (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The DHS has moved to waive 26 laws in order to build 20 miles of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border

  5. NBC4 Washington

    Biden administration approves new border wall construction in Texas as crossings rise (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.

  6. The Columbian

    The Biden administration says it is using executive power to allow border wall construction in Texas (opens The Columbian)

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    McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping e

  7. KVIA El Paso

    Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says 'No' (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of additional border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the …

  8. Latin Times

    In a First, Government Waives Federal Laws in Texas to Allow Border Wall Construction (opens Latin Times)

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    The Biden administration is using sweeping executive powers for this purpose for the first time. It comes as the number of unlawful crossings of the Southern border continues to increase

  9. KTVZ Bend

    Biden says border walls don’t work as administration bypasses laws to build more barriers in South Texas (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn’t believe border walls work, even as his administration said it will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley amid heightened political pressure over migration.

  10. CNN

    Biden administration bypasses 26 federal laws to build additional border wall in South Texas amid political pressure (opens CNN)

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    The Biden administration will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register Wednesday, citing “high illegal entry.”

  11. 12News Phoenix

    Biden admin waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    Concern is shared with environmental advocates who say structures will run through public lands, habitats of endangered plants and species like the Ocelot, a spotted

  12. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Biden administration bypasses 26 federal laws to build additional border wall (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    The Biden administration will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley.

  13. Anchorage Daily News

    Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    It’s is the first time the Biden administration has done a practice often employed by the Trump administration.

  14. Fortune

    Biden administration is waiving 26 federal laws to allow more construction on the Texas border wall (opens Fortune)

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    The construction will be in Starr County, Texas, which is part of a busy Border Patrol sector seeing “high illegal entry.”

  15. WSVN Miami

    Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says ‘No’ - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of

  16. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Biden waives federal laws to allow border wall expansion (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    McALLEN, Texas >> The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border barriers — a tactic used often during the Trump …

  17. NBC News

    Biden administration waives federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas (opens NBC News)

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    The administration's announcement follows pressure from top Democratic officials to address the overwhelming influx of migrants in the past year.

  18. PBS NewsHour

    Biden administration waives federal laws to allow building of border wall in South Texas (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.

  19. The Boston Globe

    Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. Asked if barriers work, he says ‘No.’ (opens The Boston Globe)

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    President Biden is defending his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of US-Mexico border wall.

  20. The Guardian

    Biden waives 26 federal laws in south Texas to allow border wall construction (opens The Guardian)

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    Administration’s first use of executive power alarms advocates concerned about wall destroying wildlife refuge land

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