Judge rules government can take South Texas family's land despite Biden's 'pause' on wall
Source: USA Today/Corpus Christi Caller Times
Three weeks after President Biden's pause on wall-related condemnation cases, a South Texas family lost its court fight over its land on the Texas border.
John C Moritz Austin Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
AUSTIN, Texas The government can take immediate possession of land in the town of Mission as part of the border wall, even though President Joe Biden has said he does not plan to push forward with the project, a federal judge in South Texas has ruled.
"The Court grants the United States motion and orders all people or entities in possession or control of the Subject Property to surrender possession or control of said property to the extent of the estate being condemned to the United States, immediately," U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez wrote in her ruling handed down this week.
The ruling came in response to the government's motion filed during the waning days of the Trump administration in a case involving about 6.6 acres of a larger tract along the Rio Grande owned by Baudilia Cavazos.
The family is "utterly devastated" by the court's action, Cavazos said. "We thought President Joe Biden would protect us," she said. "Now weve lost our land. We dont even know what comes next.
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CurtEastPoint
(18,647 posts)On June 16, 2004, Alvarez was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
area51
(11,909 posts)I guess the rightwing will be riding to their rescue, seeing as they hate big govt. overreach.
Traildogbob
(8,746 posts)Are in route to restore FREEDOM. Yeeeee haa!
Besides, under Bundy law, gubment has no jurisdiction of Gods land, so the Texas land folk aint gotta give it up.
ananda
(28,865 posts)It was Trump who wanted it.
no_hypocrisy
(46,117 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,863 posts)You're living on stolen Mexican land
KS Toronado
(17,252 posts)Oh hell, they're both reQublicans, they won't do anything.
gab13by13
(21,357 posts)it's a fence.