3rd segment of state-funded border wall going up in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley

[rangerrebew]

3rd segment of state-funded border wall going up in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
by: Sandra Sanchez

Posted: Apr 6, 2023 / 05:34 PM CDT

Updated: Apr 6, 2023 / 05:35 PM CDT

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STARR COUNTY, Texas (Border Report) — Dusty, yellow-flowering prickly pear and the rare brown jay birds are common sights in this part of rural western Starr County. But what’s new now is a 30-foot-tall metal border wall that is going up in what were once dense ranchlands.

The son of the ranch’s landowner told Border Report on Wednesday that his family sold a section of their property to the state of Texas to be part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border security initiative.

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A spokeswoman for the Texas Facilities Commission — the state agency that manages all state-funded border wall projects — would not confirm that this new segment miles northwest of the small town of Roma is a state project.

https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/the-border-wall/3rd-segment-of-state-funded-border-wall-going-up-in-texas-rio-grande-valley/

[Smokin Joe]

Border Report that she is concerned that construction noise and debris will impact the summer nesting season for many wild birds in the area.

“The construction disruption would be awful. It would take out an awful lot of habitat in the environment through here,” Hughes said. “And if they’re doing it in the summer it’s right in nesting season. Taking out trees that are food sources for the birds. It would be significant.”

Yo, Lady! The birds will adapt. They will survive, especially after all those invaders who really don't care about the environment quit stomping through the brush on their way to elsewhere.

[Fishrrman]

Better than nothing, but it needs to be 15 feet higher and about 2-3 feet thick: