Feds make moves to drop some Laredo border wall lawsuits
Feb. 3, 2021
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Workers prepare the foundation for a steel section of border wall that will be built on the Mexican side of older metal fencing dividing Ciudad Juarez, Mexico from Sunland Park, New Mexico in January. On Tuesday, the federal government announced its dropping five of its lawsuits against landowners in Webb and Zapata counties.Christian Chavez / Associated Press
The federal government on Tuesday moved to drop five of its lawsuits against landowners in Webb and Zapata counties who were challenging the government’s right to access their land in the development of the border wall.
Supreme Court delays oral arguments on border wall and asylum rule
The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to postpone oral arguments in significant cases regarding former President Donald Trump’s border wall and a controversial asylum policy.
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden’s Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to delay the arguments. The Justice Department said Biden has directed a “pause in construction” so that the administration can undertake an assessment “of the legality of the funding and contracting methods used to construct the wall.” The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition asked the Supreme Court last year to block the construction the wall.