A University of Texas School of Law clinical law professor is asking a federal court to order federal officials to comply with a Freedom of Information request for documents that would show the full impact of the controversial 700-mile fence being built along the Texas-Mexico border. Professor Denise Gilman, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a FOIA request last April for records showing where the fence would be built, including maps, surveys and appraisals of affected properties.

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