U.S.-Mexico Border Fence construction resumes in Eagle Pass

The United States of America government has resumed construction of the controversial U.S.-Mexico border fence in downtown Eagle Pass along the City of Eagle Pass Municipal Golf Course, Shelby Park, and the City of Eagle Pass Water Works and Sewer plant on the banks of the Rio Grande River after a one-year hiatus.

Construction crews are visible working on completing the controversial U.S.-Mexico border fence enacted during President George W. Bush’s term.

The United States federal government filed a lawsuit against certain Eagle Pass real property owners in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, Cause No. DR-08-CA-003-AML, seeking public condemnation of their real property to build the disputed U.S.-Mexico border fence on their publicly condemned land.

Among the parties sued by the United States of America seeking to condemn their real property are the States of Texas, the City of Eagle Pass, Bishop James A. Tamayo of the Laredo Catholic Archdiosce, Ana Maria Herrera, Isabel Musquiz, Rodolfo Musquiz,  Dianira Musquiz, Antonio Alejandro Musquiz, Yolanda Musquiz, Marina Musquiz, Alberto Musquiz, the heirs of Emil Mosheim, and the heirs of J.B. Dibrell.

The United States of America has published a Notice of Condemnation in the Eagle Pass Business Journal on Thursday, December 2, 2010, advising the parties sued that the federal government seeks to take their property for public use, specifically to construct, install, operate, and maintain roads, fencing, vehicle barriers, security lighting, and related structures designed to keep secure the United States-Mexico border within the State of Texas. The sued parties are requested to file an answer and any defenses and objections to the federal government’s condemnation lawsuit within twenty (20) days after this notice of condemnation by publication is published with the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in Del Rio, Texas or otherwise waive their legal rights to their real property.

The federal government’s condemnation lawsuit was filed on January 14, 2008, and has been pending since. The City of Eagle Pass has challenged the federal government’s building of the border fence and the proposed assessed value of the City’s public lands by the federal government. Other landowners have also challenged the federal government’s taking their private real property and the proposed assessed value for condemnation.

Although federal immigration experts agree that the construction of the controversial U.S.-Mexico border fence will not stop illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and other criminal offenses, the United States of America intent is to build and complete the U.S.-Mexico border fence.

Many Eagle Passans object to the controversial U.S.-Mexico border fence because it is an eyesore to the previously beautiful downtown Eagle Pass scenery and U.S.-Mexico border with its sister city, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and poses an environmental threat to endangered species.

Contrary to the ugly U.S.-Mexico border fence, the State of Coahuila is building a beautiful green environmental public park, esplanade, and grand plaza on the banks of the Rio Grande River in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to welcome Americans to their friendly and great state of Coahuila under the leadership of Governor Humberto Moreira.