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NPR reports on how the Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That’s Been 40 Years In The Making

Over the past 41 years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been buying up land on the lower Texas-Mexico border to protect one of the most biologically diverse regions in North America from developers and farmers.

But the Rio Grande Valley of Texas is a hotspot for illegal immigration and drug smuggling, as well as biodiversity. That’s why the Trump administration is planning to build 110 miles of border wall through the valley (which is actually a river delta).

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