Cameron County landowers sued over access for that d*mn fence!

The federal government has sued the Brownsville Public Utilities Board and several Cameron County landowners to get access to their property as officials work on the proposed Mexican border fence.

The 12 land condemnation lawsuits filed Thursday state that the Homeland Security Department intends to seize the property under federal eminent domain laws and plans to compensate landowners, according to Harlingen television station KGBT-TV.

The filing followed a judge's order earlier this week that allowed federal seizure of 233 acres of city-owned land in the border community of Eagle Pass. City leaders were furious with the order, which came the same day federal prosecutors sued for access to the land.

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