Fence plans could change - Surveyors seeking consent to study border residents’ land

“Some segments of the 70-mile border fence slated for development in the Rio Grande Valley this spring could shorten, lengthen or altogether disappear before construction begins, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday.

But news that the agency’s plans might change offered little relief to panicked landowners whose property abuts the Rio Grande.

“Nobody knows what’s going to happen. We’re all still waiting,” said 74-year-old Daniel Garza, whose Granjeno plot would be slashed in half according to documents the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released on Monday. “

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