Democrats’ new strategy to stop Trump’s wall: It will hurt the environment

Published March 6, 2017 5:01am ET



While the Trump administration is soliciting designs for a border wall between the United States and Mexico, almost 60 House Democrats want to shut down his plans before any shovel goes into the dirt.

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., introduced the Build Bridges Not Walls Act last month with 58 other co-sponsors. While much of the bill tries to make the case that enough is already being done to protect the southern border, the bill’s language would prevent President Trump from implementing his executive order titled Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements.

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