Environmental red tape stalls border agents trying to fill drug-smuggler tunnels

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This needs to change. National security should take priority

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...nts-trying-to-fill-drug-smuggler-tunnels.html

Environmental red tape is causing “long delays” for border agents as they try to fill tunnels used to smuggle people and dangerous drugs into the U.S. from Mexico, according to border officials and Republican lawmakers who have discussed the problem with agents.

Frustrated agents complain the lengthy federal review process can stall critical tunnel-plugging efforts for months after passageways are first discovered.

The tunnels are being used to move people, illegal drugs and even fake pharmaceuticals. But regulations stemming from laws like the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act are putting "remediation" on hold.

“I heard firsthand accounts from our Border Patrol agents that environmental red tape is hindering their ability to secure the border,” Utah Rep. Rob Bishop, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, told Fox News this week.

Bishop, along with Arkansas GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman, traveled to the Arizona border in February to meet with border agents and discuss how environmental laws and regulations are impacting security. Bishop, who has legislation aimed at addressing these issues, said they learned of the "significant delay in remediating illicit tunnels," a process where they are filled with gravel and concrete.

A Customs and Border Protection official confirmed to Fox News they've encountered “long delays” in remediating tunnels, acknowledging environmental regulations make up a “good portion of the delay.”
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Not the EPA you idiot, there are lots of complications in building a stupid wall that will not work. many agencies have conflicting jurisdictions. It would require huge use of eminent domain. That means court cases. Parts of the wall that were being built a decade ago are still stalled in court. For some reason people living there do not want their land torn up to build a huge eyesore that will hurt their farms and vistas. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-tape-the-barrier-to-trumps-wall But so many agencies are involved, and as a righty, you picked out the EPA. Of course you did. You guys have no shame.,
 
Nordberg said:
Not the EPA you idiot, there are lots of complications in building a stupid wall that will not work. many agencies have conflicting jurisdictions. It would require huge use of eminent domain. That means court cases. Parts of the wall that were being built a decade ago are still stalled in court. For some reason people living there do not want their land torn up to build a huge eyesore that will hurt their farms and vistas. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-tape-the-barrier-to-trumps-wall But so many agencies are involved, and as a righty, you picked out the EPA. Of course you did. You guys have no shame.,
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You should read the link this is about destroying tunnels
 
Nordberg said:
Not the EPA you idiot, there are lots of complications in building a stupid wall that will not work. many agencies have conflicting jurisdictions. It would require huge use of eminent domain. That means court cases. Parts of the wall that were being built a decade ago are still stalled in court. For some reason people living there do not want their land torn up to build a huge eyesore that will hurt their farms and vistas. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-tape-the-barrier-to-trumps-wall But so many agencies are involved, and as a righty, you picked out the EPA. Of course you did. You guys have no shame.,
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More like stupid.
 
RB 60 said:
Apparently it is, read some of his posts!
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I can guarantee you that coal ash is dangerous. We even have some trump supporters here in my shit hole town that display anti coal ash signs on their property. I'll show you pictures to prove it if you want to see the signs.

Have a drink.
 
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