Arizona began moving in shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the border wall near the southern Arizona farming community of Yuma on Friday, with officials saying they were acting to stop migrants after repeated, unfulfilled promises from the Biden administration to block off the area.
Arizona plans to fill three gaps in the border wall constructed during former President Donald Trump’s tenure in the coming weeks, totaling 3,000 feet
- The move by Arizona comes without explicit permission on federal land, with state contractors starting to move in 60-foot-long shipping containers
- They plan to complete the job within days, and the containers will be topped with four feet of razor wire
- Arizona has been sending two to three buses of asylum seekers from Yuma to Washington over the last three months to make a political statement as the number of arriving migrants overwhelmed local resources
Foster, Ducey's top lawyer, said the governor decided to act even if the federal government later objects
- 'At this point, we are closing that gap and we'll figure out the consequences as we move forward,' Foster said at a briefing for reporters.
- Arizona began moving in shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the border wall near the southern Arizona farming community of Yuma on Friday, with officials saying they were acting to stop migrants after repeated, unfulfilled promises from the Biden administration to block off the area.
- Arizona has been sending two to three buses of asylum seekers from Yuma to Washington over the last three months to make a political statement as the number of arriving migrants overwhelmed local resources.
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