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Sheriff David Hathaway says he plans to arrest construction crews and security personnel if they reach Santa Cruz County, calling the makeshift barrier "illegal dumping."

It’s hard to find a Texas voter who is unconcerned about what’s happening on the border and at least two well-known Republicans are clearly looking to exploit that anxiety with claims that don’t stand up to scrutiny.

Governor Doug Ducey said in a news release that "the lack of planning and action from the Biden administration demonstrates that border states like Arizona cannot rely on the federal government to ensure its security."

Arizona officials have rejected a demand by the federal government to take down shopping containers used to fill games in a wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered the installation of more than 100 double-stacked containers that were placed over the summer, saying he couldn’t wait for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to award the contracts it had announced for work to fill the gaps in the border wall in the border area.

Three – including female U.S. citizen – facing charges over smuggling flight from Weslaco to Houston.

The Cocopah Indian Tribe determined that the state put 42 double-stacked containers on its land near Yuma.

Migrants continue to avoid barriers by going around them — in this case, through a 5-mile gap in the Cocopah Indian Reservation near Yuma.

Arizona Gov. Ducey said 11-day project closed 3,820 open feet of the wall with 130 shipping containers.

The border wall will be fortified with 60 double-stacked shipping containers, reinforced with razor wire. The 8,800-pound containers will be welded together, according to a news release.