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Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and Collateral Impacts to Communities and the Environment

Year

Joint Oversight Field Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Joint with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans of the Committee on Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives.

Present: Representatives Grijalva, Bordallo, Faleomavaega, Ortiz, and Tancredo

Also present: Representatives Napolitano, Reyes, and Hunter 

U.S.-Mexico border
Native Nations
Arizona
Tohono O'odham Nation
Resource Type
Testimony and Speeches
Topics
Governance
Laws and Codes
Citation

"Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and Collateral Impacts to Communities and the Environment." Joint Oversight Field Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Joint with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans of the Committee on Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives. One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session. Brownsville, Texas. April 28, 2008. Testimony.

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