Why is this even an issue? Certainly we can build a fence without taking this woman's property?? Is it a part of a "thicker" fence project? In other words, is the barriers going to be more than say a few feet thick? I fail to see why we need to take land from people to build a fence like this.
Eloisa Tamez says she isn't scared anymore, just determined. "I am not backing down," she said.
Tamez owns three acres of land along the Texas-Mexico border where the Department of Homeland Security would like to build a border fence. The property is a remnant of a 12,000-acre grant from Spain to her family in 1767, before the United States even existed.
It's her land, she has the right to it. If the US government wants to build a fence like this one to the right, I fail to see how we need to take this woman's land. In my area, the local government has the right to a few feet around the border of your property for things like water and electrical lines. But, if the fence is being built right on the US-Mexico border, there shouldn't be a problem.
Something doesn't smell right here.
Travis
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