From a distance, the border looks peaceful. Just some rusted pylons surrounded by a cactus-covered desert that stretches for miles in every direction.
“We’re killing our own people,” David Garcia, a tribal elder, told ABC News, “We have to do something. And if we don’t do anything, then we’re just as much the problem as well.” Standing on Baboquivari Peak — one of the most sacred places to the Tohono O’odham — tribal elder Garcia revealed a harsh truth about the people he was chosen to lead.
Matthias would be a prized collaborator, because his tribal status allows him to cross the border freely, but he refused the cartel’s latest offer. Juan knows how “the enticement of easy money” can lead to trouble. He used to run drugs on the reservation himself, and he fears that his children and grandchildren, in the absence of other opportunities, could stray down that path as well.
That balance is, to say the least, delicate, and the significant federal presence on the reservation feels to some like an occupation, creating deep resentment among tribal members.
danbharris This is something no one hears much about. What the ICE teams have to deal with as well as trying to manage thousands of migrants. Both political parties have to stop the 'politicking' with this and do something!
danbharris Trump stop saying you're fixing and fixing the Wall just build the Fen Wall
MAGA2ARIGHTS danbharris What do mean ABC, no crisis nothing to see here!
danbharris Omg 😮 this hits too close...
danbharris If the drug cartels happened to think it might be good business to expand their distribution by sending people into the states, what percentage of 1 million individuals per year might give them a significant toe hold and serious violent opposition to existing organized crime?
danbharris Will ya'll get your stories straight?! You spout stories saying there's no border problem, you say drugs on the border aren't a problem. Then you actually tell the truth. Get your fake agendas in order!
Cuervo_PI danbharris Shut’em Down 🚔🚔😎😎🚔🚔
danbharris Those Bad Hombres!
danbharris Wouldn't it be more advantageous to hire the tribes members AS boarder agents. They can make a good living and they know the land and people best. Although I don't know if they would want to
danbharris Leave the Natives alone.
danbharris Democrats don’t care about Americans
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