Arizona is pushing back against a demand by the Biden administration for it to cease efforts to fill the gaps in border wall construction and to remove the barriers.
The administration ofis pushing back against a demand by the Biden administration that it take down a number of shipping containers it has used to plug a gap in the incomplete border wall, saying that border states"cannot rely on the federal government to ensure its security."
Construction to place these shipping containers in gaps in the border wall began on Aug. 12, 2022, in Yuma, Arizona.In its letter, the Bureau of Reclamation states that Arizona placed containers on lands within the vicinity of the Morelos Dam and also on land that is part of the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s West Reservation. It also said that the placement interferes with aproject to fill the gaps, and calls on Arizona to stop further construction and assist in removing the containers.
In its searing response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s letter, Arizona hit out at what it said was a"lack of coordination" from federal agencies that means that states like Arizona"cannot rely on the federal government to ensure its security."
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