Judge Beryl Howell, appointed by Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2010, just ruled that the Mexican border fence is racist.
The ruling states that the border fence may have a “disparate impact on lower-income minority communities.”
So now we can’t even protect our borders because of ‘political correctness’.
A Homeland Security initiative to put fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border could discriminate against minorities, according to an Obama-appointed federal judge who’s ruled that the congressionally-approved project may have a “disparate impact on lower-income minority communities.”This of course means that protecting the porous—and increasingly violent—southern border is politically incorrect. At least that’s what the public college professor at the center of the case is working to prove and this month she got help from a sympathetic federal judge. Denise Gilman, a clinical professor at the taxpayer-funded University of Texas-Austin, is researching the “human rights impact” of erecting a barrier to protect the U.S. from terrorists, illegal immigrants, drug traffickers and other serious threats.
A 2006 federal law orders the construction of fencing or a wall along the most vulnerable portions of the nearly 2,000-mile southern border. This includes reinforced fencing along 700 miles of the southwest border with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determining the exact spots. Professor Gilman wants the identities of the landowners in the planned construction site to shed light on the impact the fencing will have on indigenous, minority and low-income communities. The feds refused to provide the information, asserting that it’s private.
The professor sued in federal court arguing that the public interest in how the fence will impact landowners outweighed any privacy concerns. The data will allow the public to analyze whether the government is treating property owners equally and fairly or whether the wall is being built in such a way that it disadvantages “minority property owners,” according to the professor. It will also help the public understand the actual dimensions of the wall and decisions related to where it’s placed.
Judge Beryl Howell, appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Obama in 2010, agreed that the public interest is significant. Her 37-page ruling also seems to indicate that she bought the discrimination argument. “Revealing the identities of landowners in the wall’s planned construction site may shed light on the impact on indigenous communities, the disparate impact on lower-income minority communities, and the practices of private contractors,” Howell wrote.
This is simply the latest controversy to strike the border fence project since Congress approved it to protect national security and curb an illegal immigration and drug-trafficking crisis. In the last few years the mayors of several Texas border towns have blocked federal access to areas where the fence is scheduled to be built, an Indian tribe tried to block the barrier in the Arizona desert by claiming the feds were intruding on tribal land and a group of government scientists claimed the fencing would threaten the black bear population.
Time for a new president
let the bastard do anything he wants,,but the real citizens of this country will shoot every damn illegal the minute his foot steps on our soil,,,it is time to stop this bull$#%&!@* head on.,,while removing every damn one of them from our soil,,if they don’t have a real american identification or birth certificate,,then give them a ride to the border,give them 5 minutes to cross over,,at 6 minutes and they are still here,,just shoot em. Man,Woman,child ,doesn’t matter if they are here illegally,,they don’t belong here.if they are married to someone to secure a citizenship then deport the one they are married to as well and pull their papers. This stands for all nationalities that are not citizens of this country. either they leave,or face the consequences .
What the heck do they think will happen to the lower income people in the USA if there are tens of thousands of more poor, out of work people with a littany of medical problrms
Why don’t you come to the border and try to live close to some of these filthy people ?
Racist to commit crimes against America
Bull $#%&!@*.
This Judge fails to recognize Constitution and oath of office.
This is plain old BULL $#%&!@*!
To bad keep their people home
Oh please, give me a break! Since when is protecting American citizens from dangerous people racist?