Feds OK closing Arizona border wall 'gaps,' upgrading flood prevention
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security authorizes completion of unfinished border wall sections in Arizona, environmentalists' concerns deepen.
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As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security authorizes completion of unfinished border wall sections in Arizona, environmentalists' concerns deepen.
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security authorizes completion of unfinished border wall sections in Arizona, environmentalists' concerns deepen.
HEREFORD, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — In the weeks since President Biden paused border wall construction, a broad coalition of advocacy groups in Southern Arizona and across the nation wasted no time letting him know exactly where they want him to tear it down. A coalition of nearly 70 environmental groups, civil-rights organizations and tribal entities sent a report last week to lawmakers and Biden administration officials asking for 59 miles of 30-foot-tall border wall in Arizona to be removed, along with sections of wall elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border. Their request c...