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Arizona Lawmakers Back Border Wall | Tucson News
Arizona’s GOP lawmakers are backing DHS’s push to build a 62-mile border wall through the Tohono O’odham Nation’s land, claiming it’s vital for national security amid soaring border crime and drug trafficking. They argue Arizona’s history and investment in border security justify overriding tribal concerns, while the tribe insists the wall violates federal law by altering reservation boundaries without Congressional approval. The government counters that a pre-existing 60-foot border strip was set aside for security and that Congress has repeatedly authorized such barriers, even allowing…
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