Written Testimony of Gerald S. Dickinson for the U.S. Senate Hearing on Fencing Along the Southwest Border (Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Abstract

It is with great pleasure that I submit this written testimony at the request of the Office of the Ranking Member, Senator McCaskill. I am pleased that the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is devoting its April 4, 2017 hearing to an examination of efforts to secure the southwest border through the construction of a wall. Further, as a law professor who writes and teaches in the areas of constitutional property and land use, I take great interest in the committee's focus on the legal authorities related to the wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Keywords: U.S. Senate, Trump, border wall, eminent domain, takings, immigration, foreign affairs, national security