South Texas environmental groups sue DHS over Chertoff waivers
"Three South Texas environmental groups are to sue the Department of Homeland Security in a bid to restore environmental laws along the Texas-Mexico border.
In a statement, the Frontera Audubon Society, the Friends of the Wildlife Corridor, and the Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge said they are suing Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff for waiving 36 federal laws in order to speed up construction of border fencing."
STEVE TAYLOR and JOEY GOMEZ in the Rio Grande Guardian.