Arizona Native American Tribe Opposes Border Wall
DHS used drones, a blimp and tactical teams as contractors began soil tests for a 62-mile wall, tribal leaders said.
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As Trump’s wall closes in, DHS intimidates Tohono O’odham with surveillance, masked agents and drones
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Arizona Native American tribe opposes border wall
SELLS, Ariz. (NBC, KYMA) - Federal contractors are set to start uprooting thousands of sacred saguaros and other desert plants to make way for construction of the border wall. However, those plans have come under fire from Native Americans who own, live and worship on that land. This is the area in dispute belonging to the Tohono O'odham tribe. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to use the property to build more than 60 miles of bord…
Masked agents, drones at 4 a.m., 24-hour checkpoints and surveillance surround prayer camp
Tohono O'odham fight saguaro removal along border
The Tohono O'odham Nation is urgently fighting to stop the removal of sacred saguaros and other vegetation for a border wall construction, seeking support from various entities and filing an emergency injunction.
As Trump’s wall closes in, DHS intimidates Tohono O'odham with surveillance, masked agents and drones
This story was produced by ProPublica and co-published with Arizona Luminaria. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive their stories in your inbox every week. At 4:59 a.m. on Aug. 25, Verlon Jose, the chairman of the Tohono […]
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