The construction along our border with Mexico is something I feel strongly about, and I’ve written about it before. Above is a link to a report from PBS that sums up a great deal of what has happened to the land between Tijuana and San Diego.
When Congress passed the Real ID Act, it included a rider in the legislation that allows the head of the Department of Homeland Security to disregard environmental and other laws for border security construction. To construct the triple wall, Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of DHS in 2008, waived dozens of laws, including the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, The Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the nearly century old Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.
Besides the environmental damage that the triple wall inflicted, it also damages to our democracy. Think about it. Is there any justification for a cabinet member, not even the president of our country, to rule by fiat? How can anything justify this?
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