Government authority is crossing a line

Last week, Eloisa Tamez, 73, lost the latest round in her ongoing fight with the U.S. government. A judge ordered her to let Washington survey her land near Brownsville, Texas. It lies in the path of a proposed border fence. Now, Tamez, heir to an original Spanish land grant dating to the 1700s, fears that her property will be seized with good reason. Full Story »

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Jim Lang
4.1
by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a well written opinion piece on the border fence that attempts to raise an alarm about trampled rights, favoritism and wasted money. However, judging from the appended comments, its impact is to call out the two sides on the issue to hurl insults at each other.

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