{"id":123974,"date":"2026-01-07T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/123974\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:55:09","slug":"san-diego-sues-federal-government-over-razor-wire-fencing-on-city-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/123974\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego sues federal government over razor wire fencing on city land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The city of San Diego<\/a> sued the federal government to stop the construction of razor wire fencing on city-owned land near the U.S.-Mexico border, accusing federal agencies of trespassing and causing environmental damage.<\/p>\n

The city filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for Southern California on Monday. The complaint named Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth among the defendants.<\/p>\n

The city accused the federal government of acting without legal authority when they entered city property in Marron Valley and began installing razor wire fencing.<\/p>\n

“The City of San Diego will not allow federal agencies to disregard the law and damage City property,” said\u00a0City Attorney Heather Ferbert in a news release. She said the lawsuit aims to protect sensitive habitats and ensure environmental commitments are upheld.<\/p>\n

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San Diego is suing the federal government to stop the construction of razor wire fencing on city property in Marron Valley. (Justin Hamel\/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, federal personnel including U.S. Marines accessed the land without the city\u2019s consent, and damaged environmentally sensitive areas protected under long-standing conservation agreements.<\/p>\n

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth were among the federal officials named in San Diego’s lawsuit. (Reuters\/Brian Snyder; AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n

San Diego argues the fencing has blocked the city\u2019s ability to manage and assess its own property and could jeopardize compliance with environmental obligations.<\/p>\n

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An American flag can be seen through the barbed wire surrounding the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center on October 4, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The lawsuit also accuses the federal government of trespassing and beginning construction without proper authority or environmental review, and unconstitutionally taking the land in violation of the Fifth Amendment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to DHS and the Pentagon<\/a> for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The city of San Diego sued the federal government to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[44709,5776,4701,64770,7716,13,74,76,75,101],"class_list":["post-123974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-border-wall","tag-homeland-security","tag-kristi-noem","tag-pentagon-defense","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-politics","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-francisco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}