Already, Trump has requested that Congress fund the hiring of 20 additional federal attorneys to work on land acquisition for a border wall. But here in the valley, where the winding Rio Grande forms a natural dividing line, less than a fifth of the border has fencing. About 56 miles of fencing went up, most on levees above the Rio Grande on land the government took through eminent domain. “You can’t just take someone’s land and give them whatever you want.”Still, Pena said he did not think a border wall would do much good. Jeremy Barnard, general manager of River Bend Resort & Golf Club stands at the existing border wall near his property.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 07, 2017 20:33 UTC