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From Fox News: A federal judge ruled in favor of a southern border rancher who had argued that the Biden administration had violated environmental law in it’s “haste to reverse its predecessor’s border policies” in 2021.
An Arizona rancher, Steven Smith, was part of the lawsuit, Massachusetts Coalition for Immigration Reform et al. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, challenging the Biden administration. The suit claimed that the Department of Homeland Security had failed to conduct a mandatory review required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) before halting border wall construction, a key Trump-era project.
Under NEPA, a federal agency must conduct an Environmental Assessment to determine whether a federal action has the potential to cause significant effects on the human environment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
After a two-day bench trial, Judge Trevor McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling on Friday that Smith “suffered concrete and particularized injuries” as a result of DHS not meeting the requirements of NEPA.
The Trump-appointed judge also concluded that the actions taken by DHS, such as ending the “Remain in Mexico” policy, resulted in indirect effects relating to population growth.
In arguing his case, Smith testified that ever since Joe Biden took office, the numbers of illegal aliens trespassing across his ranch has “dramatically increased,” and noted that they are leaving a large amount of garbage on his land, which his cattle then try to eat.
Smith also explained that water is scarce, and the illegal aliens are taking water from his land which his cattle need.
In its haste and zeal to destroy America’s border secured by President Trump, DC U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden—one of the only good ones—holds the Biden-Kamala regime illegally ignored federal environmental law.
So rich.
Hoisted by its own petard.https://t.co/YoIykSjQC7 pic.twitter.com/k5eezZswz3
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) September 27, 2024
Judge rules that Biden admin violated environmental law in halt of border wall construction https://t.co/QrtlBLayQP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 3, 2024
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