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Texas land grab: How the federal government abused its power to seize property for the border fence
By T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, The Texas Tribune
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The land agents started working the border between Texas and Mexico in the spring of 2007. Sometimes they were from the Army Corps of Engineers. Other times the U.S. Border Patrol. They visited tumbledown mobile homes and suburban houses with golf course views.
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May 2013