Groups sue to stop Texas border fence

Ahumada Jr., of Brownsville, Texas, and other members of the Texas Border Coalition have filed a lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in an effort to halt the building of a border fence. Members of the Texas Border Coalition yesterday said Department of Homeland Security officials "lied" about reaching out to Texas landowners over the U.S.-Mexico border fence, and filed a class-action lawsuit against Secretary Michael Chertoff demanding he give landowners more say before

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Mayors from several Texas border cities filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to stop the building of a fence along the border with Mexico. The lawsuit alleges that Chertoff violated the rights of landowners along the border by failing to negotiate a "reasonable" price to gain access to their property, a requirement mandated by law.

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Nineteen Texas border communities Friday asked a federal court to halt construction of 70 miles of border fencing, court documents show. The Houston Chronicle reported that the class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by the Texas Border Coalition will be followed by a request for a temporary restraining order to block land seizures and fence construction by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Texas mayors and business leaders filed a class-action lawsuit Friday alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hoodwinked landowners into waiving their property rights for construction of a fence along the Mexican border...Members of the Texas Border Coalition said Chertoff did not fairly negotiate compensation with landowners for access to their land for six-month surveys to choose fence sites.

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A group of Texas mayors and businessmen sued the Bush administration today over its planned fence along the Mexico border, saying they were forced to give up their property rights. The Texas Border Coalition, as the group is known, accuses the US department of homeland security (DHS) of swindling landowners out of their property rights using threats of legal action and $100 cash payments. "We shouldn't be building walls," Pat Ahumada, mayor of the border town of Brownsville, said. "We should be

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Mayors from Texas border cities sued the Department of Homeland Security on Friday over construction of 670 miles of fencing along the Southest border. The class-action suit, filed in a federal district court in Washington, accuses Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and DHS officials of violating numerous laws and regulations and effectively coercing Texas property owners to turn over land for the fence without consultation.

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Texas border mayors and business leaders have filed a class-action lawsuit in an effort to stop construction of the U.S.-Mexico fence. The Texas Border Coalition alleges today in a suit filed in Washington that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff failed to negotiate fairly with landowners for access to their property.

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