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BREAKING: DHS IS BULLDOZING MARISCAL MOUNTAIN. This is the first truly irreversible damage to Big Bend, plowing over endangered cactus species and carving wounds into our national park that will never heal. DHS: why the FUCK are you building a "patrol & enforcement road" HERE:

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924,844 views • 12 days ago

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75,252 views • 6 days ago

Quick update on our lawsuit against the Big Bend border wall: DHS is breaking the law with this horrific assault on the wildest place in Texas. But our attorneys are a force to be reckoned with. We’ll continue to fight until the bulldozers are called off for good.

Quick update on our lawsuit against the Big Bend border wall: DHS is breaking the law with this horrific assault on the wildest place in Texas. But our attorneys are a force to be reckoned with. We’ll continue to fight until the bulldozers are called off for good.

Laiken Jordahl

25,985 views • 10 days ago

This is our why. The resources the VOICE office provides enable victims of illegal alien crime to pursue the justice they deserve. Angel families will always have the support of President Donald J. Trump Trump, DHS, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You are why we fight.

This is our why. The resources the VOICE office provides enable victims of illegal alien crime to pursue the justice they deserve. Angel families will always have the support of President Donald J. Trump Trump, DHS, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You are why we fight.

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