DHS Bypasses Environment Concerns to Begin Wall Construction

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has moved forward one more step toward becoming the favorite Department of the US government by making a bold announcement.

In its quest to begin focusing on the illegal alien border jumping areas of biggest concern to America, they have announced that they are beginning construction of the Border Wall in the place where Leftists have set up one of the most vivid examples of a sanctuary city:  San Diego, California.

Not only have they talked about the construction of the Border Wall in one of the most trafficked areas of the country by illegals, they have also announced that they are utilizing a Congressional Act from the 1990s that will allow them to, in essence, bypass environmental regulations dealing with the protection of certain waterways and creature habitats in order to initiate the most ambitious project that America has undergone since the Hoover Dam.

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) signed a waiver of environmental regulations on Tuesday to allow construction of upgrades to the border wall and new wall prototype projects to break ground.

The department issued the waivers to bypass “certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international border near San Diego,” according to information obtained by Breitbart Texas from DHS officials.

DHS stated the agency has the authority to waive these requirements under laws passed by Congress to enable securing the border with Mexico. That authority stems from Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), signed by then-President Bill Clinton. Congress updated the law five times under the George W. Bush Administration.

The waiver allows construction to proceed in the San Diego Sector where upgrades to existing border fences are already approved. The waivers will also allow new border wall prototype projects to begin construction immediately, officials stated.

Think this isn’t registering on the Richter scale right now with Lefties?  As we speak, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, NBC online, they’re all having a conniption fit over the story!  And Americans are loving every minute of it.

Breitbart Texas reported in July that preparations for the prototype construction projects are underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began drilling and taking soil samples to determine what particular type of wall would be compatible with specific geographic regions. DHS previously classified the San Diego and Rio Grande Valley Sectors as priorities for early development of President Trump’s promised border walls. The president asked for $1.6 billion for the FY 2018 budget to build walls, primarily in South Texas, Breitbart Texas reported in May.

I’m beginning to imagine environmental activists chaining themselves to cacti in order to disallow construction of the Wall and that is also truly satisfying to me!  There’s something about Liberal snowflakes melting down when anything with Trump’s signature waltzes in their direction.  It’s almost sad.

Almost.

This Wall, though, is legal and it is combatting a very toxic issue in the area and that is the illegal human and drug trafficking that’s apparently going on there nearly unabated.

DHS reported the San Diego Sector is one of the most active areas for both human and drug smuggling. “In fiscal year 2016 alone, the United States Border Patrol apprehended more than 31,000 illegal aliens and seized 9,167 pounds of marijuana and 1,317 pounds of cocaine in the San Diego Sector,” officials wrote.

Finally, there are the very fun things you can say to absolutely put the icing on the cake.  Officials who are ready with dynamite sticks in hand and ground drills behind them in phalanxes are quick to point out, in the most official-sounding voice (picture Bill Kurtis reading this statement and it’s so much more fun):

This waiver eliminates the DHS’s “obligation to comply” with several laws in regards to the projects described above. “the Department remains committed to environmental stewardship with respect to these projects,” officials stated. “DHS has been coordinating and consulting — and intends to continue doing so — with other federal and state resource agencies to ensure impacts to the environment, wildlife, and cultural and historic artifacts are analyzed and minimized, to the extent possible.”

It just makes me want to nod and respond with, “Yes…quite.”

Well, the Border Wall has begun, the funding is there and with the DHS ensuring that Leftists are losing their minds and cursing Donald Trump, I guess, all in all, it’s a pretty good day.

Source:  Breitbart