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Should the government force the sale of land to seal the southern border?

About 150 land owners are refusing fencing on the southern border. They will not lose their entire property. Just the property occupied by the fence. National security can trump their claims. This issue is not London CT. where the City forced the sale to give land to a private entity. This land will become Federal land.

Public Comments

1. I dont believe in emminent domain issues unless it benefits us all. And this would. And you are right. they would only be losing about 10 feet of their land, but this is not their gripe. They complain about not having access to the Rio Grand river for their cattle. DIG A TRENCH
2. Yes. National security comes first. Non-assimilating illegal immigrants are a threat to the long term stability of the U.S.. They also kill around 9,000 people a year. In 2005, drunk illegal immigrants caused the deaths of over 4,500 Americans.
3. Well, when you sign your mortgage papers, you sign a clause indicating that you acknowledge that the government can seize your property. So it may happen. I've never thought this was fair; if you bought the property, you should be allowed to keep it unless you VOLUNTARILY sell it to the government. But they signed the agreement.
4. Actually it's called Eminent Domain and, yes, they should.
5. The Supreme Court has up held this 2 times in the last year. The Government (or it's friends) can take anything it wants.
6. Without a doubt. This is for the good for the entire country. My grandfather was forced to sell his dry cleaning store for the public good, the telephone company. This is truly for the good of the people, much unlike many others who are forced to sell for nonsense reasons like my grandfather did.
7. No. Just annex their property to Mexico and build the fence north of them. I bet they would love being Mexican citizens.
8. The government should not deprive people of free access to the river.
9. I don't like eminent domain and it should be used as sparingly as possible. The Rio Grande is a great border divide, why not make some changes to the area next to the river to accomplish this?
10. Neo Pirate has the right of it. Build the fence already. We should pay the land owners a reasonable price for their land and pay to divert water for their cattle. Done and done.
11. If thats what it takes to build the physical fence...so be it! A virtual fence will only stop Vertual illegals and vertual terrorists
12. Yes they should force the sale of the needed land
13. Look people, I live in southern Arizona. I really don't think you guys have a good idea of what the topography is like down here. This ain't Kansas. The border is crossed by huge mountain ranges, canyons, and washes. I have no idea how you could build and maintain a fence down here. It would be just an insane waste of time, money, and energy which could be better spent in other ways. A fence is not the answer - at least not in southern Arizona.