You want to see the butterfly, go to Mexico.
Via Daily Mail:
A tiny endangered butterfly could stop President Donald Trump from building his beloved border wall.
A lawsuit has been filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, environmental groups and the State of California against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
It outlines that the Quino checkerspot butterfly, Riverside fairy shrimp and the Pacific pocket mouse will be threatened if the border wall is built.
The butterfly, which is native to southern California and Northern Mexico, is already on the endangered species list.
The lawsuit contends that the Department of Homeland Security does not have the ability to waive environmental laws requiring review before building the wall.
The suit seeks a ruling that a border wall with Mexico must go through normal environmental reviews, which could block construction or at least cause major delays.
The challengers contend that authority to waive the environmental reviews falls under a 2005 law which has expired.
‘The Trump administration can’t use an expired waiver to bypass crucial environmental protections to build these destructive projects,’ Brian Segee, a senior attorney at CBD,told San Diego TV station KGTV.
‘It’s time to stop Trump’s hateful bombast and his executive overreach here in San Diego before it goes any further. The law and the Constitution are firmly on our side, and we think the judge will agree.’
The DHS is arguing that it is within its right to issue the waivers, citing a 1996 immigration law.
The case was set to be heard on Friday in San Diego by US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel.