Arizona has refused the federal government’s demand to take down double-stacked shipping containers it placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it won’t do so until the U.S. moves to construct a permanent barrier instead.
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs dug in its heels in an Oct. 18 letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, saying “the containers will remain in place until specific details regarding construction are provided.” It was signed by Allen Clark, the department’s director.
A regional spokeswoman for the Bureau of Reclamation did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Arizona’s refusal in the most recent flap between the Biden administration and Republican-led border states over immigration policies.
The federal agency told Arizona officials in a letter last week that the containers were unauthorized and violated U.S. law. The bureau also demanded that no new containers be placed, saying it wanted to prevent conflicts with two federal contracts already awarded and two more still pending to fill border wall gaps near the Morelos Dam in the Yuma, Arizona, area.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered 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 the work.
Migrants have continued to avoid the recently erected barriers by going around them, including through the Cocopah Indian Reservation. The Cocopah Indian Tribe has complained that Arizona acted against its wishes by placing 42 of the double stacks on its land.
The border wall promoted by former President Donald Trump continues to be a potent issue for Republican politicians hoping to show their support for border security.
President Joe Biden halted wall construction his first day in office, leaving billions of dollars of work unfinished but still under contract. The Biden administration has made a few exceptions for small projects at areas deemed unsafe for people to cross, including the gaps near Yuma.
The Center for Biological Diversity raised a different objection to the shipping containers on Wednesday, filing a notice of intent to sue Ducey’s administration over what the environmental group said are plans to erect more shipping containers along the border. The group said the move will obstruct a critical jaguar and ocelot migration corridor.
Ducey’s office said it could not comment because it had not received an official notice from the center.
3 thoughts on “Arizona refuses US demand to remove containers along border – Associated Press”
Well, this is another AP twist job worthy of a Chubby Checker Award
The title reads “Arizona refuses US demand to remove containers along border”
What filth. The “US” didn’t demand anything. THE RADICAL LEFT MONEY THIEVES THAT STEAL TAXPAYER MONEY TO BUY VOTES demanded the removal of the containers so more unregistered Democrats can storm over the border.
Good grief, look at what the Democrats are doing in NYC. Free “culturally appropriate” food 24/7, Sony Game Stations, free this, free that, etc, etc, BUT ONLY IF YOU’RE AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. American citizens, including our veterans, get kicked to the curb. And guess who’s paying for it? THE US TAXPAYER, that’s who. And for those of you who are thinking “well, that’s NY taxpayer money, not mine”, think again. THE CLOWN MAYOR ERIC ADAMS IS GETTING FEDERAL MONEY AND IS ASKING FOR BILLIONS MORE…..THAT’S BILLIONS MORE OF OUR MONEY.
STOP THE MADNESS!! STOP THE THEFT OF OUR MONEY!! VOTE IN PERSON!! VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN GOLDEN TICKET AND VOTE NO ON PROPOSITIONS 209, 211, 308 and 311. MOST ARE DEMOCRAT TRICKS!!! DON’T FALL FOR THEM!!
The Southern border needs to be closed at all points not of legal entry. That’s what makes a country a country. We must allow entry to only those persons who we want to enter; no others. Much of the work to correct the Biden blunders will have to wait for 2025 but help will arrive this November to shut down funding on many unconstitutional acts by Democrats controlling all elected to congress
(?) and the White House.
As for the Mexican panthers and ocelots; they also need to stay out of America for the time being.
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My conclusion is this. Illegal invaders are directly responsible for the deaths of ocelots, panthers and other critters.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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