NEW: Trump admin. is preparing paperwork to begin taking over private land to build the president's long-promised border wall as early as this week, according to two officials familiar with the process. - ckubeNBC / JuliaEAinsley
"They are probably going to get [the land] in the end, but they are asking the court to dispense with the process that is typically afforded to landowners," said Garza, attorney for the landowners."We want to make sure that all of our clients are treated with basic human decency and with respect that's been sorely lacking in the past by this administration."
Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell, a DOD spokesperson, said,"The Department of Defense is considering its options in close consultation with the Department of Justice."Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan told reporters on Thursday that land acquisition for the border wall was"a challenge," but said,"I still think we're on track to get the land we need for 450 miles [of new wall].
Morgan also noted that there had been lawsuits and"a lot of the judicial activism out there, and land acquisition is not going to be immune from that as well." Asked how much new wall had been constructed during the Trump administration, Morgan said,"Every mile of wall that's being built is a new mile of wall." Asked how much wall had been built where none existed before, Morgan said the administration had just broken ground in the Rio Grande Valley.
Garza said there are hundreds if not close to one thousand landowners in Texas who own land in the path of plans for a border wall. The winding Texas border with Mexico is more than 1,200 miles long. Garza added that in Texas, unlike other border states, the majority of the land along the border is private, and has been passed down through families for generations.Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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