Thread: TX: International law prevents building of border fence

International law prevents building of border fence

Residents: International Law Prevents Building of Border Fence
Monday , October 15, 2007 Posted: 05:57 PM


Granjeno at 6

Petitioners cite 200-year-old Spanish land grants

GRANJENO - Granjeno residents are trying to use an international law, dating back to the 1700s, to stop the border wall from being built in their city.

The city was established around the late 1700s and early 1800s. Spain awarded citizens with land grants and landowners had to follow Spanish law.

Residents say they are still governed by those laws. They claim their property is their own and the federal government can't touch it.

Dozens of people are petitioning the federal government with this argument.

http://www.newschannel5.tv/2007/10/15/981114/

again... put the double layer fence around the town putting it on the mexican side ... it would still be america.... just on the wrong side of the fence... put in a border control station right there and control access to American citizens after a rigorous check of the vehicle...

Why are we are stuck on stupid

LOL. WHAT INTERNATIONAL LAW. THERE WERE NO INTERNATIONAL LAWS IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. SPAIN GAVE IT TO THEM? SORRY THINGS CHANGED AFTER THAT. BUILD THE WALL.

But when Texas became part of America....doesn't American laws that say we have the right to defend our country take presidence?????

Also...if that is the ONLY part of the wall not up....and 4000 illegals come thru every night...I wonder how they would like that in their backyard??????

I agree with you Airborne put the fence NORTH of the town that should shut them up !!

someone needs to slap the goofy out of these people

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

someone needs to slap the goofy out of these people

And you did just that! How can they argue with putting the fence where you suggest. You gave em a hard slap to the head with that one. I love it!

If the government needs property to enforce public safty they can use it PERIOD

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

again... put the double layer fence around the town putting it on the mexican side ... it would still be america.... just on the wrong side of the fence... put in a border control station right there and control access to American citizens after a rigorous check of the vehicle...

Why keep the town as part of America? Give it back to Mexico, see how they would like that! Just like I think we should give Los Angeles back to Mexico at least financially, it is nothing but a huge tax drain for Americans.

Border residents hope to block fence with Spanish law
Jeremy Roebuck
October 20, 2007 - 3:49PM
GRANJENO — Their protests haven’t changed anything. Their appeals seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

So rather than try new ways to voice their opposition to the planned border fence, residents in this tiny city south of Mission are turning to an old one.

Granjeno landowners believe that centuries-old Spanish land grants give them special claim to the property their families have held for more than 10 generations.

In a letter sent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection last week, the residents argued that Spanish civil law protects their right to refuse government officials access to their land.

“We’ve been losing this land slowly since the Mexican-American war,â€