http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tru...cid=spartanntp
Even before Donald Trump was inaugurated, U.S. citizens who own land along the border reportedly began receiving letters from the Justice Department informing them that the federal government wants their land to build a fence (i.e. the president’s border wall), that it intends to acquire their land, and the amount of compensation the government is offering.
Yvette Salinas, a Texan whose ailing mother owns a small parcel of land with her siblings near the Rio Grande was informed by the “Declaration of Taking” letter sent by DOJ that her 1.2 acres was worth $2,900, according to a story in the Texas Observer. She told the Observer that the family’s 16 acres has been in her family for five generations. The government’s letter asks recipients to sign in order to receive compensation, acknowledge that they “do not have an interest” in the case or do not intend to make a claim. It doesn’t really say what landowners should do if, like Salinas, they don’t want to sell their land.
Salinas called the letter “scary” and said “you feel you have to sign.” Her family is consulting a lawyer about its next steps. If other border landowners have the same reluctance to sell as Salinas, the government may have a long battle ahead to secure all the land necessary for the wall, given that the federal government doesn’t own most of it. The nearly 2,000-mile southern border is composed of federal, state, tribal and private lands. There are 632 miles of federal or tribal land -- 33 percent -- and the other 67 percent, most of which is in Texas, is private or state-owned, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Washington Post points out that the president would need Congress to pass a bill to acquire the tribal lands for his wall.
Leviticus 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
What kind of country have we become?
One in which federal prosecutors can take “evidence” before a “grand jury,”
and that grand jury can “vote to indict” a former president for 91 alleged “crimes”?
christiefan915 (03-16-2017), Nomad (03-16-2017)
It would be deafening!!!!
Loud rock concert music would be drowned out!!!
The roar of NASCAR racing would lost in the din!!!!
The rumble of passing trains would be felt, but the horns would not be heard!!!!
Dogs would bark non-stop but they wouldn't even hear themselves!!!
And it would continue to echo and reverberate for years!!!! Decades!!!!
Just like if Al Gore or any Democrat had been POTUS on 9/11.
C'MON MAN!!!!
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
Policies like imminent domain are just wrong to me. This is yet another reason why limited government is so important to me. I hope these families stand up for their property rights. It doesn't matter if it's a republican or democrat doing this either way it's wrong and not what this country is about in my opinion. People should also not be surprised that Trump is an advocate for imminent domain and having governmental say over private property since he has defended these practices before during the campaign and has promoted the policy. I have no issue with someone freely selling their property to the government for a fair price, but it should never be forced or obtained by intimidation.
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