The Trump administration is waiving environmental laws to build 10 new miles of border wall in San Diego, “an area of high illegal entry,” according to a Department of Homeland Security notice published in the Federal Register this week.
“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 in the state of California,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote.
“The San Diego Sector is an area of high illegal entry where illegal aliens regularly attempt to enter the United States and smuggle illicit drugs, and given my mandate to achieve and maintain operational control of the border, I must use my authority under Section 102 of IIRIRA to install additional barriers and roads in the San Diego Sector.”
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