Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief The Trump Administration Waives Environmental Regulations (Again) for Border Wall Construction The Department of Homeland Security is bypassing dozens of laws to speed up the construction of several miles of fencing in Texas. Maxine Speier
Environment The Little-Known Law That the Trump Administration Is Using to Build a Border Wall Under the Real ID Act, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has the power to bypass environmental safeguards, rendering any ecological downside to a border wall a moot point. Jimmy Tobias