Should the government force the sale of land to seal the southern border?
About 150 land owners are refusing fencing on the southern border. They will not lose their entire property. Just the property occupied by the fence. National security can trump their claims. This issue is not London CT. where the City forced the sale to give land to a private entity. This land will become Federal land.
Look people, I live in southern Arizona. I really don’t think you guys have a good idea of what the topography is like down here.
This ain’t Kansas.
The border is crossed by huge mountain ranges, canyons, and washes. I have no idea how you could build and maintain a fence down here. It would be just an insane waste of time, money, and energy which could be better spent in other ways.
A fence is not the answer – at least not in southern Arizona.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 am
I dont believe in emminent domain issues unless it benefits us all. And this would. And you are right. they would only be losing about 10 feet of their land, but this is not their gripe. They complain about not having access to the Rio Grand river for their cattle. DIG A TRENCH
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November 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 am
Yes. National security comes first.
Non-assimilating illegal immigrants are a threat to the long term stability of the U.S.. They also kill around 9,000 people a year.
In 2005, drunk illegal immigrants caused the deaths of over 4,500 Americans.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 am
Well, when you sign your mortgage papers, you sign a clause indicating that you acknowledge that the government can seize your property. So it may happen.
I’ve never thought this was fair; if you bought the property, you should be allowed to keep it unless you VOLUNTARILY sell it to the government.
But they signed the agreement.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:33 am
Actually it’s called Eminent Domain and, yes, they should.
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