Andrew Kerr | Investigative Reporter
The half-mile private border wall that sprung up over Memorial Day weekend was hit with a cease and desist order Tuesday for being built in violation of a Sunland Park, New Mexico, city ordinance.
The wall, built near El Paso, Texas, by a nonprofit organization funded by triple-amputee Airforce veteran Brian Kolfages viral $20 million GoFundMe fundraising campaign, didnt obtain a building permit prior to breaking ground, Sunland Park city officials told KTSM.
“We have issued a cease and desist to the owner of the property,” Sunland Park Democratic Mayor Javier Perea said at a press conference Tuesday. “At this point, it will be turned over to the courts for follow up in the matter.”
Kolfage claimed on Twitter that his organization, We Build The Wall, was given the “green light to build,” and said the citys cease and desist was “bullshit.”
Here we go!! Liberals trying to intimidate us! SOUND THE ALARM. The governor trying to flex, city of Sunland park said we had no permits trying to shut us down- BULLSHIT! They were on site on Friday and gave us green light to build! @RyanAFournier @DRUDGE @Rambobiggs @MarkDice pic.twitter.com/C1L90Z0Lsa
— Brian Kolfage (@BrianKolfage) May 28, 2019
“Keep donating,” Kolfage added.
But former White House strategist and We Build The Wall director Steve Bannon told Yahoo News on Monday that his group hastily “purchased the rights” to construct a wall on the private land. (RELATED: Construction On The First-Ever Private Border Wall Begins)
“We had to catch them by surprise,” Bannon said, adding that local residents are “gonna freak out” when they see the hastily constructed wall.
Perea said the owner of the private property housing Kolfages wall submitted an “incomplete” application for the wall on Friday, then began construction shortly after.
“There was no survey submitted with the plans at this point; theres no site plan developed or turned into the city of Sunland Park,” Perea said. “Also, city ordinance only allows a wall up to six feet tall, and this far exceeds that.”
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