{"id":156381,"date":"2021-04-12T22:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=156381"},"modified":"2021-04-12T22:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:15:19","slug":"arizona-sues-biden-admin-tries-to-force-resumption-of-border-wall-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/arizona-sues-biden-admin-tries-to-force-resumption-of-border-wall-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona sues Biden admin., tries to force resumption of border wall construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOENIX\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212;<em> (News Release \/ AZ AG)<\/em> &#8212; Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and federal officials for violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) over destructive immigration policies. The Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) is asking the U.S. District Court in Arizona to void the decisions to stop border wall construction and the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy until the federal government complies with its obligations under NEPA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0the pinnacle of hypocrisy for the Biden Administration to claim it wants to protect our environment, while not enforcing federal statutes that are specifically designed for that purpose,\u201d said Attorney General Mark Brnovich. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to sit idly by as the Biden Administration ignores real harms to our state resulting from its heavy-handed executive orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NEPA protects the environment by requiring federal agencies to carefully weigh environmental considerations before taking any major federal action. As the drafters of NEPA recognized, population growth has significant environmental impacts. In its complaint, the AGO argues that DHS and other federal officials did not provide environmental impact statements or environmental assessments when DHS abruptly halted ongoing border wall construction and also began permitting entry of additional migrants by ending the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arizona AG sues federal government over immigration issues\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0Q4D5blyco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abruptly Halting Border Wall Construction<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Joe Biden, in one of his first official actions on January 20, 2021, ordered the halting of ongoing construction of miles of border wall, leaving haphazard and unplanned gaps between physical barriers and encouraging widespread illegal migration. Since construction was stopped, machinery has been standing idle in areas of Arizona, with incomplete work in numerous places.<\/p>\n<p>As a direct consequence of the gaps in the nation\u2019s border infrastructure, migrants have been crossing into Arizona in greater numbers than ever before. One source estimates that approximately 1,000 individuals are able to evade detention and enter the United States illegally every single day, many through these glaring holes in the border wall.<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, many of these migrants settle in Arizona, increasing the population of the state. Despite these foreseeable effects resulting from DHS\u2019 policies, at no time did the agency undertake any analysis of the environmental impacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stopping Remain in Mexico Policy and Permitting Additional Migrants to Enter the U.S.<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Biden also ordered DHS to stop carrying out the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d program in February 2021 and allow asylum seekers to enter the United States while claims are pending. Thousands of immigrants have now been released and continue to be as a result of the termination of the program. Many will be able to remain in the United States even if their asylum claims are eventually denied, or they simply fail to appear for their hearings.<\/p>\n<p>While the courts have repeatedly recognized that the environmental impacts of such policies must be analyzed prior to their implementation under NEPA, DHS has never attempted to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact of Increased Population on the Human Environment<\/strong><br \/>\nThousands of additional individuals have settled and continue to settle in Arizona than otherwise would have as a result of DHS\u2019 actions. Migrants, like everyone else, need housing, infrastructure, hospitals, and schools. They drive cars, purchase goods, and use public parks and other facilities. All of these activities have significant environmental impacts, including displacement of undeveloped lands and additional air emissions. But although courts have repeatedly recognized that these impacts must be analyzed under NEPA, DHS has never even attempted to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX\u00a0&#8212; (News Release \/ AZ AG) &#8212; Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and federal officials for violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) over destructive immigration policies. 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