Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation
The judge found the tribe had not shown the wall would alter reservation boundaries and said border security and public safety outweighed the claimed harms.
- A federal judge has declined to stop the Trump administration from moving forward with plans for a 62-mile border wall along the Tohono O’odham Nation’s Arizona reservation without the tribe’s consent.
- Judge Richard Leon ruled that the tribe had not shown the project would alter its reservation boundaries without congressional authorization or amount to unlawful trespassing.
- The Tohono O’odham Nation argued that construction could damage sacred mountains and natural resources, disrupt religious practices, and separate families and communities that live on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Leon concluded that, at this stage, the federal government’s interests in border security, immigration enforcement and public safety outweighed the potential harms cited by the tribe, allowing the project to proceed.
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Judge lets Trump build border wall on Tohono O'odham land without consent
A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to proceed with a 62-mile border wall on the Tohono O'odham reservation without tribal consent. The ruling prioritises border security over the tribe's concerns about sacred sites, families and religious practices.
U.S. judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe’s reservation
A U.S. federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.
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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe’s reservation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe's reservation without its consent.
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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation
A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent.
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