Corinne Ramey
Building the Border Fence on Native American Land
Lisa Votino-Tarrant writes about the a border fence that would cut off the Tigua tribe's access to sacred land over at Long Island WINS:
"For those that don't know, my background for the last 5 years includes fighting for Shinnecock rights (my husband is Shinnecock), especially for graves and sacred site protection. Last month I fumed in private over Michael Chertoff's comment that he would ignore over 30 laws to build the border fence. One of the laws he has decided doesn't matter is the American Indian Religious Freedom Act."
Read the rest of the post here and an El Paso Times article about the fence here.
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Posted at 4:00 PM, May 20, 2008 in Immigration
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Chertoff also used the power that Congress gave him in section 102 of the Real ID Act to waive the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Here is the full list of laws that no longer apply to the constrution of the border wall:
The National Environmental Policy Act
the Endangered Species Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act)
the National Historic Preservation Act
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
the Clean Air Act
the Archeological Resources Protection Act
the Safe Drinking Water Act
the Noise Control Act
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
the Antiquities Act
the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
the Farmland Protection Policy Act
the Coastal Zone Management Act
the Wilderness Act
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
the Administrative Procedure Act
the Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999,
Sections 102(29) and 103 of Title I of the California Desert Protection Act
the National Park Service Organic Act
the National Park Service General Authorities Act
Sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the National Parks and Recreation Actof 1978
Sections301(a)-(f)of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act
the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
the Eagle Protection Act
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
the American Indian Religious Freedom Act
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
the National Forest Management Act of 1976
and the Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960
Posted by: No Border Wall | May 25, 2008 11:51 PM
Interesting!
Posted by: Fence Company | June 2, 2008 06:02 PM