reporter: alvarez has now received three letters from u.s. customs and border protection asking permission to survey her property, which she has said no to. but it s all leading to the government offering her a price for her eight acres, and if she turns it down, declaring eminent domain and taking it away from her for a so-called fair market value. the army corps of engineers people came over and said based on the map, the wall is going to be about right here. reporter: this is about one, two, three, four, five, six, six yards, maybe about 20 feet from your house, and they want to build a maintenance road front of the wall. yeah, they didn t mention the maintenance road. reporter: but that s what you heard about? i heard about the maintenance road. reporter: so your home would not be able to survive a border wall? no. reporter: alvarez is one of the plaintiffs in a private lawsuit against the president that s been filed by the private citizen consumer group. she says
is receiving hospice care for cancer. i feel infuriated. i m mad. i feel frustrated because all of this is out of my hands. reporter: ida alvarez plans to continue on speaking out. she s shouting from the rooftops. she painted this message, hoping president trump on a recent visit would fly over. he didn t, but the message remains. this is our house. we were raised here. reporter: fred and his family also own land on the rio grande. you hungry! reporter: to make a living, they sell cattle and rent out parts of their 70 acres. mostly for people with rvs and mobile homes. cavasos, who has been in a wheelchair since suffering an illness two decades ago, says his family earns just enough to make ends meet. what they ve said to you is that the wall, the barrier, whatever you want to call it, will be built right here on top of this levy. yes. reporter: and the rio grande is about a third of a mile down the road here.
to. but it s all leading to the government offering her a price for her eight acres, and if she turns it down, declaring eminent domain and taking it away from her for a so-called fair market value. the army corps of engineers people came over and said based on the map, the wall is going to be about right here. reporter: this is about one, two, three, four, five, six, six yards, maybe about 20 feet from your house, and they want to build a maintenance road front of the wall. yeah, they didn t mention the maintenance road. reporter: but that s what you heard about? i heard about the maintenance road. reporter: so your home would not be able to survive a border wall? no. reporter: alvarez is one of the plaintiffs in a private lawsuit against the president that s been filed by the private citizen consumer group. she says she s despondent. on top of possibly living the house she s lived in since a child, her mother who lives in a separate house on the property is receiving
gets the most deference from the courts of anything that gets litigated in front of them. interesting. ken cuccinelli, great to have you. jeffrey toobin, as well. friday night, we spoke with a woman who s part of the first lawsuit to be filed against the president s action. she lives on the border, runs through her backyard. her experience over the last four decades living there, it only seemed natural to pay her a visit. i ve never seen anyone here cross. reporter: never in 40 years? never. reporter: zero people? never. reporter: ida alvarez has lived on this land along the rio grande in texas since she was in second grade. but even though she never saw anyone crossing on to her land, it didn t stop government officials from approaching her a few months ago. they said they wanted to build the wall. reporter: on your property? on my property. reporter: alvarez has now received three letters from u.s. customs and border protection asking permission to survey her pr
even food safety and so forth. this is the area or among the areas where the executive branch gets the most deference from the courts of anything that gets litigated in front of them. interesting. ken cuccinelli, great to have you. jeffrey toobin, as well. friday night, we spoke with a woman who s part of the first lawsuit to be filed against the president s action. she lives on the border, runs through her backyard. her experience over the last four decades living there, it only seemed natural to pay her a visit. our gary tuchman, tonight, reports. i ve never seen anyone here cross. reporter: never in 40 years? not at all. reporter: zero people? never. reporter: ida alvarez has lived on this land along the rio grande in texas since she was in second grade. but even though she never saw anyone crossing on to her land, it didn t stop government officials from approaching her a few months ago. they said they wanted to build the wall. reporter: on your property? on my