According to an unpublished Wednesday federal register filing, the Biden administration has now made it possible to build another border wall in Texas on federally protected territory despite a spike in illegal immigration.
According to the petition, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will formally publish Thursday, the construction will be carried out in the Texas region of the Rio Grande Valley, where federal authorities have documented 245,000 interactions with illegal migrants in fiscal year 2023.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge will be the site of a significant portion of the construction.
“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of IIRIRA. In order to ensure the expeditious construction of the barriers and roads in the project areas, I have determined that it is necessary that I exercise the authority that is vested in me by section 102(c) of IIRIRA,” The filing reads.
In addition, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears to be one of the main drivers of the aggressive new policy from the Biden administration.
Mayorkas claims he is abrogating 26 federal laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act, utilizing the power granted to him by Congress in order to get new border barriers built.
It stands in stark contrast to early administration criticisms of the deployment of such restrictions.
“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996],” Mayorkas said.
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