The Department of Homeland Security issued a waiver Tuesday allowing the federal government to bypass environmental laws in order to fast-track construction of more barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Diego area. … The waiver will allow the federal government to bypass more than two dozen laws including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. … Environmentalists and advocacy groups say the waiver is inhumane and will further harm migratory species and damage sensitive habitat.