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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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The short answer is that Congress passed NEPA, ESA, and all of the other federal environmental laws and it can modify and create exceptions to those laws by passing subsequent legislation. Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff , 2008 U.S. And, most recently , again near San Diego in 2017. Ashcroft , 2005 U.S. 2d 119 (D.D.C.

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