What Will the Border Wall Cost Texans?

The Trump administration is using eminent domain to take private land away from Texans to build the border wall. The Constitution limits eminent domain, requiring that “private property (not) be taken for public use, without just compensation.” But in practice, it misallocates public resources and violates individual rights.

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