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There are a lot of landowners right now resisting to grant access to the government for doing the survey and subsequently putting up the border fence. These slow-moving court hearings will continue until there is a general guideline being defined by the government of what “access” encompasses and property owners feel more protected along the process. Falling under the eminent domain clause, it’s the damage/compensation in question here.
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