The Nation is deeply appreciative of the attention that this subcommittee is paying to the serious issues that surround the frighteningly broad authority that the Secretary of Homeland Security has been given.
Ned Norris, Jr. acknowledges the subcommittee's focus on issues related to DHS's authority.
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We have raised these concerns numerous times, numerous times to Federal folks on the impacts that this border wall will have on our people.
We are also deeply concerned about the authority that allows Homeland Security to waive all statutory protections in the name of expediting border wall construction.
We urge Congress to withdraw or at least better limit DHS's authority to unilaterally give itself waivers to circumvent every statute on the books.
A wall is extremely expensive for the American taxpayer, is ineffective in remote geographic areas like ours, and is highly destructive to the religious, cultural and environmental resources on which our members rely and which make our…