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| Federal border wall replacing Arizona container wall goes up next week |
| 2023-01-08 |
| [JustTheNews] Plans for the project had been public since last year and said that it would be finished in the summer. United States Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that construction on a barrier at the Yuma sector of the southern border would start next week. A press release explained that the federal government would “close gaps” near the Morelos Dam, a primary location for illegal crossings in Arizona. “The safety and security or our workforce, law enforcement partners, and the local community are a top priority,” Acting Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel said in the statement. “Yuma Sector is dedicated to working with our state, local, and tribal counterparts to ensure a multi layered approach to secure our nation’s borders and protect our local community,” she continued. Plans for the project had been public since last year and said that it would be finished in the summer. The former Ducey administration placed storage containers at the gaps as a mitigation strategy, which led to a lawsuit and its subsequent removal in recent days. The Center Square reported on the stipulation filed in court that assured that the federal government would go forward with the project as part of an agreement to take the containers down. As of the fiscal year 2023 so far, the Yuma sector has had nearly 50,000 migrant encounters, according to CBP data. Related: Yuma sector: 2021-10-06 Remote Arizona crossing is the newest hot spot for Haitian migrants Yuma sector: 2012-11-01 Smugglers' SUV gets stuck atop Calif. border fence Yuma sector: 2011-05-16 Obamagoguery Related: Morelos Dam: 2022-12-25 Biden Admin Lawsuit Forces Arizona to Remove Shipping Containers Along Border Morelos Dam: 2022-10-31 Biden admin accuses Arizona of trespassing by building barrier on U.S.-Mexico border Morelos Dam: 2022-10-20 Arizona fires back at Biden admin's demand it remove shipping containers filling gaps at border |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 After all, we do have the pre-election cycle starting soon. They need to check-off accomplish for some agenda boxes after screwy over US taxpayers and workers about 2.4 Million times in just 2 years |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-08 05:20 |