Biden Officials Waive 26 Environmental, Health and Cultural Protection Laws to Build Border Wall

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : But the justification for using the funds -- that the U.S. faces a supposed influx of asylum seekers at the southern border -- is largely a fabrication of right-wing lawmakers and news outlets seeking to stoke anti-immigration sentiments and fears.
56% : The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrote in its notice on the decision that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has determined that "it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction" of the wall.
48% : " The laws being waived include environmental and public health laws like the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and National Environmental Policy Act; species protection laws like the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; and cultural and Native American protection laws like the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

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