Thread: Private Border Wall Ordered To Keep Its Gate Open

Private Border Wall Ordered To Keep Its Gate Open

12:06 PM 06/11/2019 | US


Andrew Kerr

The gate of a private half-mile border wall constructed in New Mexico was ordered Monday to stay open after officials said it was built on federal land without a permit.


Most of the private wall built over Memorial Day weekend by triple-amputee Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage’s nonprofit group is on private land, but the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) stepped in after the group started building the barrier’s gate on federal property in early June.


“‘We Build the Wall’ did not receive a permit to construct a gate on federal property,” IBWC spokeswoman Lori Kuczmanski told KVIA. “They think they can build now and ask questions later, and that’s not how it works.”


The gate blocked officials from accessing a levee and dam and also cut off public access to a historic monument, IBWC officials said, according to BuzzFeed News.


The federal agency placed a lock on the gate to ensure it stays open.

Kolfage aggressively shot back at the IBWC’s order on Twitter, saying the agency is a “fine example of over reach” and alleged, without evidence, that it is “planning for mass invasion.”


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Kolfage said in an email to supporters Tuesday that his group would close the gate “one way or the other.”


“We cannot and will not allow these open borders globalists to help the drug and human traffickers by keeping the gate open,” Kolfage said. “We may need people to join us at the wall in the coming days.”
The IBWC’s order comes less than two weeks after Kolfage said the agency had received a call from the Trump administration authorizing the construction of his group’s wall.


But the IBWC told The Daily Caller News Foundation it had received no such call from the Trump administration.


Kolfage’s group, which is funded by his viral $20 million GoFundMe fundraising campaign launched in December, is also the subject of an investigation from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The investigation was launched in response to consumer complaints.

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The owner of the private land where much of the private barrier stands was previously hit with a cease-and-desistorder in May after the mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, said it violated city ordinance.


Sunland Park’s order was rescinded two days after it was issued.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/11/p...all-gate-open/

Private Border Wall Group Closes Gate After Govt. Agency Forced Gate Open, Ordered It to Stay Open

By Mimi Nguyen-ly June 12, 2019

A nonprofit behind a privately funded section of the border wall near New Mexico announced that its gate is “officially closed” on June 11 after an international agency had forced its gate open and had ordered the gate to be kept open pending discussions.

“BREAKING: Our gate is officially closed as an agreement has been reached with the IBWC! The border wall we built is now sealing off this section, once again, that needed to be closed,” nonprofit We Build the Wall said on its Facebook page late June 11, local time.

The half-mile barrier of the private border fence, which cost about $6-8 million, sits near Sunland Park, New Mexico.

https://www.ntd.com/private-border-w...en_342655.html

Weld that gate shut and keep them out!

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Brian Kolfage


@BrianKolfage



We smack the fake news media around like the B**** that they are. They lose every single time.

@DailyCaller
should really fire @AndrewKerrNC
for being an open border moron who publishes FAKE NEWS!

@TuckerCarlson

WE raised $100k yesterday off you Kerr Thanks again for playing!

Originally Posted by Beezer

Weld that gate shut and keep them out!

Would be nice, Beezer. Our eyes are open to the rampant corruption and open borders thinking of civil servants and leadership.