• Homeland Security Secretary claims right to build 40 miles of new border walls in Arizona • 1996 law authorizes construction of physical barriers and roads along the border • Construction of wall along selected corridor could imperil jaguar existence in U.S.

The nation’s top homeland official says she has the right to build new walls along nearly 40 miles of the border in southern Arizona, regardless of claims by environmental groups it could lead to the elimination of the jaguar from the state.

In new filings in federal court, a lawyer for Kristi Noem says the 1996 Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act specifically authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to construct physical barriers and roads along the border. More to the point, Alexander Yun says that law a

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