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Heinrich Statement On Trump Administration Transferring Public Land To Build Border Wall

Statement

Date: Sept. 20, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Immigration

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration transferring approximately 560 acres of public land for border wall construction:

"Once again, President Trump is abusing his power and ignoring the checks and balances that generations of American presidents have respected. He is seizing public land in order to drive a campaign agenda that divides our country rather than uniting us."


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