SAN ANTONIO – Ahead of what’s expected to be a wave of legal challenges, Public Citizen, a national consumer advocacy group, was the first to file a lawsuit to invalidate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency.
By trying to overturn the national emergency declaration, Weissman said, the lawsuit differs from other legal action in the past over eminent domain.
He said land could be condemned and seized under a national emergency, which is why three landowners in the Rio Grande Valley are among the plaintiffs.
“It’s a double whammy.”He said when the Rio Grande floods, creatures are swept away or drown.
In addition to the impact on wildlife, Chapman said he estimates the Rio Grande Valley could lose a half-billion dollars yearly in nature tourism.