The letters are the first of a two-step process the government uses in cases of eminent domain, lawyers involved in the cases and experts said. The wall Trump wants to build would be different, he said. The San Diego sector of the border wall, with Tijuana, Mexico, on the left, shown at sunset in April 2018. For the U.S. government to build a complete border wall, it would have to take private land. The chapel, a historic landmark, sits on land the U.S. government is examining as a potential path for a border wall.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2019 17:17 UTC