Grifter-in-Chief Donald Trump isn’t just set on bilking Americans for the “f*cking wall” that Mexico isn’t paying for—he wants to steamroll straight through their homes too:
Even before President Trump was inaugurated, U.S. citizens who own land along the border reportedly began receiving letters from the Justice Department informing them that the federal government wants their land to build a fence (i.e. the president’s border wall), that it intends to acquire their land and the amount of compensation the government is offering.
Yvette Salinas, a Texan whose ailing mother owns a small parcel of land with her siblings near the Rio Grande was informed by the “Declaration of Taking” letter sent by DOJ that her 1.2 acres was worth $2,900, according to a story in the Texas Observer. She told the Observer that the family’s 16 acres has been in her family for five generations. The government’s letter asks recipients to sign in order to receive compensation, acknowledge that they “do not have an interest” in the case or do not intend to make a claim. It doesn’t really say what landowners should do if, like Salinas, they don’t want to sell their land.
Salinas called the letter “scary” and said “you feel you have to sign.” Her family is consulting a lawyer about its next steps.
Trump already has a history of using eminent domain to his advantage, like that time he tried to evict an elderly woman from her home of 30 years so he could build a casino that ended up crashing and burning anyway. Now, he’s ready to kick Americans off land they’ve owned for generations. Gotta love that “small-government conservatism.”
This isn’t the first time that border residents have faced the possibility of losing their land to the federal government, either.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2nrw2Gk
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