Activists are criticizing President Biden for waiving environmental laws, a move they say will harm the habitats of endangered plants and animals.
President Joe Biden is suspending 26 environmental laws to build a border wall in south Texas, a move announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday. The laws include the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Environmental Policy Act—all waived in favor of constructing a border wall to stop migrants fleeing into the U.S. through Mexico. DHS plans to build the border wall in Starr County, an area of south Texas spanning the Rio Grande Valley.
I can’t stop that,” Biden told reporters at a White House press briefing on Thursday. But when he was asked if he now believes a border wall works, Biden said: “No.” Construction will move forward using the Secure Fence Act, passed by Congress in 2006, which allows the government to waive the majority of federal laws that could stand in the way of constructing barriers. Biden is now the first Democratic president to put the law into effect after political officials in major cities including Gov.
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