The Bipartisan Border Machine: Biden Never Really Stopped Building the Wall

By waiving 26 environmental and cultural laws, Biden continues the federal government’s decades-long practice of running roughshod over the borderlands and its people. This op-ed reckons with that.

Picture of the Rio Grande, near Presidio, Texas. The river is under threat since the federal government can waive environmental laws to continue building the border wall. (Photo credit: Todd Miller)

When Joe Biden took office in 2021, he had promised not to build “one more foot” of border wall. This promise seems to have been put to rest last week with t…