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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). County of El Paso v. Defenders of Wildlife v. 2d 119 (D.D.C.

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