So land confiscation for the wall seems to be the brainwashed libs new focused talking point. Unfortunately working at a university me gets to hear the mindless dribble from professors all the time. But what got me was when I was also out of town and the same topic was brought up from someone outside of my coworkers. Me thinks its due to this NPR article.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684748447/private-landowners-along-trumps-proposed-border-wall-risk-losing-property