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US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say
Federal crews have damaged or altered more than 600 miles of border wall projects, tribal leaders said, as work spreads across sacred sites.
- On April 23, construction crews working in Arizona's Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge damaged the 1,000-year-old Las Playas Intaglio geoglyph, prompting Tohono O'odham leaders to demand answers from federal officials.
- Indigenous leaders report that contractors are desecrating sacred places at an unprecedented pace, with construction ramping up along the 1,954-mile border near sites like Kuuchamaa and Aal Waipia, also known as Quitobaquito.
- Customs and Border Protection said a contractor "inadvertently disturbed" the site on April 23, but Chairman Verlon Jose countered that no inspection can restore the "memory, identity, and history" lost in the destruction.
- The Diocese of Las Cruces asked a judge to block land transfers near Mount Cristo Rey citing religious liberties, while tribal leaders warned Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that a fixed wall would not improve border security.
- Despite lobbying by the Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, the federal government intends to cover at least 1,400 miles of the border utilizing over $46 billion in funding, expanding construction despite cultural opposition.
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US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say
Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.
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