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'We can't wait any longer!' Arizona Governor Doug Ducey starts building $6m makeshift border wall using barb-wire topped shipping containers that will be completed by NEXT WEEK
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 13, 2022 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 08/12/2022 10:49:42 PM PDT by Morgana

Arizona began moving in shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the border wall near the southern Arizona farming community of Yuma on Friday, with officials saying they were acting to stop migrants after repeated, unfulfilled promises from the Biden administration to block off the area.

'Arizona has had enough,' tweeted Doug Ducey, the Republican governor of the state, who is up for re-election in November.

'We can't wait any longer. The Biden administration's lack of urgency on border security is a dereliction of duty.'

The Yuma sector of the border, 126 miles long, has seen an almost 300 percent increase in 'border encounters' - migrants arrested by Customs and Border Protection agents - this year, compared to the same time frame in 2021.

The spike is the highest recorded by any of the nine sectors: two in California, two in Arizona, one in New Mexico and Texas, and four solely in Texas.

Yuma has seen the third highest total number of 'encounters' this year - beaten only by Del Rio and the Rio Grande sectors, both in Texas.

Ducey said his state had tried to convince the White House to do more, but was frustrated.

'For the last two years, Arizona has made every attempt to work with Washington to address the crisis on our border,' he continued.

'Time and time again we've stepped in to clean up their mess.

'Arizonans can't wait any longer for the federal government to deliver on their delayed promises.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: arizona; border; borderwall; buildthewall; dougducey; katieratlief

1 posted on 08/12/2022 10:49:42 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Ducey is not up for re-election. He’s term-limited out, thank God. He’s waited 2 whole terms to finally act.


2 posted on 08/12/2022 10:53:32 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: Morgana
from the article

On Friday, the Republican governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, who is running for re-election in November, announced he was building a makeshift border wall

Well that is certainly wrong.

3 posted on 08/12/2022 10:54:41 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: ponygirl

Guess he wanted a good legacy.


4 posted on 08/12/2022 10:54:45 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

He seems to want to look good to conservatives and that’s fine.


5 posted on 08/12/2022 11:01:43 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Morgana

Idk about his re-election but this is a quick, cheap and a pretty darned good idea.


6 posted on 08/12/2022 11:02:44 PM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: ponygirl

Yeah. Kari Lake will fill those co tainers with concrete when she is elected and roof top them with koreans or the equivalent. Stack-em high Ducey.


7 posted on 08/12/2022 11:16:01 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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To: Morgana

Doing the job the federal government refuses to do, regardless of who’s president.


8 posted on 08/12/2022 11:39:55 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: CJ Wolf; Squantos

Good idea because if left empty the Mexicans will be trying to cut a door and they’re going to turn into guns slits on the other side and then they’ll have a little armored box to shoot at us from.

Or We could place a claymore inside..


9 posted on 08/12/2022 11:47:38 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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To: CJ Wolf

And put another later on top.


10 posted on 08/13/2022 12:35:29 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: SpokeshaveReturns

I believe that there are stacks of the Trump designed panels sitting rusting in Texas that could be put to good use.


11 posted on 08/13/2022 12:39:49 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: SpokeshaveReturns

Thank you President Trump and Kari Lake. That’s what happens when you run the table in Arizona. Also when you run the table in Arizona the Gestapo comes to visit you in Mara Lago.


12 posted on 08/13/2022 1:13:05 AM PDT by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause it’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: Morgana

Mine fields are still better. Preserves the scenery and with some bleachers and betting booths could provide entertainment and prize money.


13 posted on 08/13/2022 5:21:40 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

I was thinking alligator pits


14 posted on 08/13/2022 10:05:46 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns ( When you are going through hell keep going)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

Serious drought, no water for gators.

Land mines do not need water or food.


15 posted on 08/13/2022 12:08:26 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Morgana

If the Federal government does not DO IT’S DUTY to protect the borders and make sure all immigrants are properly and totally vetted ANY STATE HAS THE RIGHT to perform the ignored duties.
Any State.


16 posted on 08/13/2022 12:14:37 PM PDT by djf
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To: doorgunner69

🌞👍😄


17 posted on 08/14/2022 10:32:33 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns ( When you are going through hell keep going)
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