Border Wall: U.S. Government Forced To Drop Plan That Would Cut University Out Of U.S.

On March 19, the University of Texas at Brownsville became the first to win a legal battle over the United States government in its attempt to force land owners all over the American Southwest to build a blunt symbol of intolerance on their land without any input from the citizens who actually live there. (Do we sound biased? Good, you’re paying attention.) You may recall the amusing story of the Texas-Mexico border wall the Department of Homeland Security planned to build across The UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College campus.

The plan was created, of course, without any input from the University which, heh, obvs. would have said no. When UT-B complained that the plan would actually cut off 160 acres of their campus, (160 acres!), the DHS in its infinite wisdom decided this was grounds for a lawsuit. You know, because, cutting Mexicans out of the country is actually more important than educating the ones who already live here.

The U.S. government dismissed its border fence condemnation lawsuit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College on Wednesday and agreed to explore alternatives to a fence with school officials.

The agreement was reached just hours before a hearing was to begin in federal court.

We would imagine these were the hours when their lawyers were like, Uh, I really don’t think they’re going to let you annex a part of America back to Mexico, dude. We hope, anyway.

Feds drop border fence suit against UT-Brownsville [Houston Chronicle]
Earlier: Co-Eds Gone Wild: Border Edition