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Environmental Rules Block Closing Border Tunnels:  For several years, U.S. Border enforcement agents have faced months to years of delay in closing tunnels on the US/Mexico border because of federal environmental regulations.  Alex Pappas of Fox News reports that efforts to fill the tunnels, which have been utilized to smuggle people and drugs into the U.S., have been blocked by laws such as the Endangered Species Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, resulting in long delays while federal agencies review the environmental impact.  Officials note that while most of the delays have occurred during the Obama administration, they have continued as lawmakers work to pass bills lifting the regulations.  Border Enforcement officials cite the example of a sophisticated 2,500 ft. tunnel in San Diego that the EPA  found to contain a small wetland, requiring a bird study that took four months before the tunnel could be filled. 

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The ironic thing is that the border patrol seems to be more deterred by environment laws than by the constitution. https://www.justsecurity.org/56862/cosmic-legal-collision-engineer-vs-border-patrol/

"I was stopped by the officer in charge who worked for the Tohono O’odham Police."

"Bressi successfully fought the charges twice— ... tribal police failed to produce documents requested by the court, and ... tribal police refilled identical
charges against Bressi after he filed a civil rights action
against the tribal police."

~~ It would appear that Professor 'Borderless' Bressi holds contempt for tribal law. He also holds disdain for local, state, as well federal routine border practices. ~~

"It was this 383rd checkpoint encounter that prompted Bressi to file his latest lawsuit. The lawsuit includes a Bivens claim against the federal agents involved in his April 2017 stop and arrest, as well as 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims against Arizona state and county entities..."

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