Texas Valley Residents Count On Law that Predates U.S.-Mexico Border to Stop Border Fence (Latina Lista)

“Throughout the debate over the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, critics have long enjoyed defending their stance by saying that it’s within the “legal rights” of the country to defend its borders.

Well, there are some other legal rights that go way back before there ever was a border between Texas and Mexico — in the form of Spanish land grants.

In the tiny Texas town of Granjeno, roughly 450 residents will be the latest group along the Texas-Mexico border to challenge Homeland Security’s insistence on building a border wall through their town. Yet, these Valley residents aren’t going to rely on environmental impact studies or even popular opinion to drive their point home.”*

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