BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ A federal judge in Brownsville rejected Thursday the last of the objections from one of the border security fence’s fiercest opponents.
The judge gave the government immediate possession of her land and cleared the way for construction.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen denied arguments from Eloisa Tamez that the government failed to provide enough information about the fence, access that will be available from her land in El Calaboz and its offer of compensation.
Tamez’s persistent legal fight delayed for more than a year the government’s efforts to take possession of a quarter acre of land. She said the property was part of a Spanish land grant to her family.
Neither Tamez nor her attorney Peter Schey immediately returned calls for comment.
Construction of the border fence in the rural El Calaboz community was already proceeding around the Tamez property.