The town’s development district sued this year to stop the construction. Homeland Security has been charging forward with its wall-building plan, with senior administration officials saying a first layer will be done by next year. In its push, the secretary of Homeland Security has waived numerous regulations designed to protect the environment, wildlife, archaeological and Native American sites. The government also is facing another lawsuit in Texas where an environmental group and a church preservation group have teamed up to oppose Homeland Security plans. The post Federal judge lets Homeland Security build border wall through small Texas town’s levee system appeared first on Los Angeles Times.