Trump Administration Starts Building Border Wall Project in Arizona over Tribe's Objections
Tribal leaders said about 20 masked CBP officers escorted contractors onto the reservation for drilling and soil sampling, and they are considering legal action.
- On Tuesday around 4 a.m., 20 armed U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents escorted contractors onto Tohono O'odham Nation land to begin pre-construction work for a border fence, despite the tribe's posted 'No Trespassing' signs.
- The Trump administration's push to build 30-foot barrier walls across the Nation's 62-mile border segment has sparked conflict; the tribe argues construction threatens sacred sites and violates tribal sovereignty.
- CBP agents deployed a vehicle blockade and SWAT team to protect contractors while preventing tribal police from issuing trespassing citations, which the Nation described as a 'direct violation' of its tribal code.
- Tribal Chairman Verlon M. Jose called the deployment 'deeply disturbing,' warning that these illegal actions jeopardize decades of border security partnership as the tribe consults its legal team for next steps.
- A federal judge permitted construction within a 60-foot Roosevelt Reservation buffer zone, yet acknowledged 'significant uncertainties remain' about the project's impact on tribal land outside that federal strip.
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