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Cato Weekly Podcast • March 23, 2017 

# Trump’s Border Wall Means Seizing Private Land 

Donald Trump’s proposed border wall will require one of the largest seizures of private property in recent American history. Ilya Somin discusses the complicating factors.

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##### [Ilya Somin](/people/ilya-somin)

Professor of Law, George Mason University, and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute