U.S. Moves Forward With Massive Waiver of Environmental and Other Laws on Border Fence

U.S. Newswire, April, 2008

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Tony Iallonardo of National Audubon Society, 1-202-861- 2242 x3042

NEW YORK, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by John Flicker, President, National Audubon Society:

This is no April fools joke, unfortunately its real. The DHS decision to abandon U.S. laws to construct a border fence will jeopardize the economy, quality of life and beauty of south Texas. They are insisting that we close our eyes and minds to the risks to unique wildlife and ecosystems, as well as the communities that depend on them.

The administration is effectively putting America on notice that it will ignore even the gravest concerns about the border wall. The DHS waiver is breathtaking in its scope. It waives nearly...

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