Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has issued twowaivers of laws hindering barrier construction and securityimprovements on the border with Mexico. The Department of HomelandSecurity (DHS) has already built 309 miles of border obstacles, andthese waivers will facilitate improvements on about 500 miles ofborder infrastructure. One waiver addresses environmental and landmanagement laws that applied to about 470 miles across four borderstates; the other addresses a 22-mile levee-border project inHidalgo, Texas. The waivers were issued on April 1, 2008, and willbecome effective upon their publication in the Federal Register.
No doubt, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida probably thought he had cooked up the perfect political stunt (last) week to catch Democrats off guard and flatfooted, simultaneously lifting his own
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