What started as a small demonstration has turned into a two-week standoff as residents and environmentalists fight outgoing Arizona Gov. Ducey’s effort to wall off sections of the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers.
Shipping containers line the U.S.-Mexico border at Coronado National Memorial in Cochise County, Ariz., on Sunday.What started as a small demonstration has turned into a two-week standoff as residents and environmentalists fight outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s effort to wall off sections of the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers.
"We’re protectors of the borderlands," said Kate Scott, who helped organize the first protest on Nov. 29."Until we can see some action, we’re staying put." Ducey insists Arizona holds sole or shared jurisdiction, and he has said the state has a constitutional right to protect residents from “imminent danger of criminal and humanitarian crises.”The U.S. government and Arizona environmentalists are fighting outgoing Gov. Doug Ducey's effort to wall off sections of the state's border with Mexico using shipping containers.federal officials who head agencies overseeing public land, including the U.S.
Andy Kayner, who lives 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, said at least two of his neighbors have been “run off” the road by speeding trucks too large to maneuver the narrow lane.
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