Biden DOJ Wins Lawsuit to Seize 260-Year-Old Texas Ranch Along Border

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Biden DOJ Wins Lawsuit to Seize 260-Year-Old Texas Ranch Along Border



Bob Price15 Apr 20213
2:58

The Biden Administration took control of a Texas rancher’s border land on Wednesday. The action followed a victory by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas against the family which has owned the land since 1760.

Texas rancher Fred Cavazon has been fighting to keep control of his 6,584 acre ranch along the Texas-Mexico border since the administration of then-President George W. Bush. The fight continued during the Trump administration, Law & Crime reported.

That fight came to an abrupt conclusion on April 12 with U.S. District Court Judge Micaela Alvarez awarded the federal government control of the land. Two days later, the Biden Administration took possession of the acreage.

In August 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden told reporters he would end all lawsuits seeking control of land along the Mexican border to be used to build border walls, the legal blog reported.

“End it,” Biden said in an interview with NPR’s Lula Garcia-Navarro. “End it. End. End. Stop. Done. Over. Not gonna do it. Withdraw the lawsuits. We’re out. We’re not gonna confiscate the land.”

The Biden Department of Justice took over the lawsuit in January 2021.
Law & Crime reported:

    The government still wanted that land condemned. The Cavazos family and their attorneys had hoped the 46th president would stand by his August 2020 words and stop fighting in court for Trump’s border wall. But Biden didn’t do that. The lawsuits were not withdrawn.

    …

    Citing the government’s need for “urgency of possession,” the district court held that the Biden administration “is entitled to immediate possession of the Subject Property.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/04/15/biden-doj-wins-lawsuit-to-seize-260-year-old-texas-ranch-along-border/

[thackney]

Some history:

A TEXAN FAMILY’S FIGHT FOR THEIR LAND AND HISTORY
https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/texan-familys-fight-their-land-and-history

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A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the federal government had the right to condemn about 6½ acres of Cavazos land through eminent domain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/15/biden-border-wall-texas-property/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

No wonder Texas fought so hard to not permit the federal government to take our state lands when Texas entered the union.

[Fishrrman]

Hmmm....
Wait a minute here...

The breitbart title article sounds misleading.
It wasn't the whole ranch the government claimed by eminent domain.
Rather, it was 6 1/2 acres along the border.

I FULLY SUPPORT the government in "taking" this land.
Hopefully, eventually, it will host some of the border barrier.

To those who own property directly ON the border, my response is:
"Sorry, but national security and the foreign invasion takes priority over your ownership. We will compensate you at above-market-rates, but we need this land".

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Hmmm....
Wait a minute here...

The breitbart title article sounds misleading.
It wasn't the whole ranch the government claimed by eminent domain.
Rather, it was 6 1/2 acres along the border.

I FULLY SUPPORT the government in "taking" this land.
Hopefully, eventually, it will host some of the border barrier.

To those who own property directly ON the border, my response is:
"Sorry, but national security and the foreign invasion takes priority over your ownership. We will compensate you at above-market-rates, but we need this land".

So if the govt condemned only one room in your house, it would be ok?

And if the govt took your land using one pretense and actually had another it would also be ok?

Sure......

[Smokin Joe]

Hmmm....
Wait a minute here...

The breitbart title article sounds misleading.
It wasn't the whole ranch the government claimed by eminent domain.
Rather, it was 6 1/2 acres along the border.

I FULLY SUPPORT the government in "taking" this land.
Hopefully, eventually, it will host some of the border barrier.

To those who own property directly ON the border, my response is:
"Sorry, but national security and the foreign invasion takes priority over your ownership. We will compensate you at above-market-rates, but we need this land".

In this case, aren't those acres along the river or controlling access to the water?

Because, as any rancher will inform you, if you don't have water, you aren't going to have cattle.

[Sled Dog]

So if the govt condemned only one room in your house, it would be ok?

And if the govt took your land using one pretense and actually had another it would also be ok?

Sure......

Ever read the Constitution?

Just asking for a friend.

What was Bush Boy's plan for the seized land?   Was it to build a physical barrier against Invaders, or was it like another Bush Boy eminent domain case and he was planning on making a profit building another baseball stadium?   

Because if it's to build the Wall, not only was the seizure justified, the landowners are asses for objecting.