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Arizona won’t wait for feds, starts filling border wall gaps
The Associated Press ^ | August 12, 2022 | By BOB CHRISTIE

Posted on 08/12/2022 12:28:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

PHOENIX (AP) — 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.

The move by Arizona comes without explicit permission on federal land, with state contractors starting to move in 60-foot-long (18.3-meter-long) shipping containers and stacking two of the 9-foot-tall (2.7-meter-tall) containers on top of each other early Friday. They plan to complete the job within days, and the containers will be topped with 4 feet (1.2 meters) of razor wire, said Katie Ratlief, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s deputy chief of staff.

The state plans to fill three gaps in the border wall in the coming weeks totaling 3,000 feet (914.4 meters).

“The federal government has committed to doing this, but we cannot wait for their action,” Ratlief said.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; border; buildthewall; dougducey; illegalaliens; katieratlief; mexico; wall
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1 posted on 08/12/2022 12:28:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: BeauBo

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2 posted on 08/12/2022 12:36:01 PM PDT by SteveH (.all)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s about time-—should have been doing this decades ago.


3 posted on 08/12/2022 12:37:53 PM PDT by mikelets456
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"..and the containers will be topped with 4 feet (1.2 meters) of razor wire.."

Include mounted smart .50's on top of the containers to further thwart illegals.

4 posted on 08/12/2022 12:39:36 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti-Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: mikelets456

Dino Ducey is trying to grab some Kari Lake votes.


5 posted on 08/12/2022 12:41:04 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Right Brother

Rino not dino. #%&@ autocorrect!


6 posted on 08/12/2022 12:45:29 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, the Associated Press is more concerned about Arizona being at odds with federal land management, than illegals flooding across United States borders.

Truly, we are living in The Twilight Zone.


7 posted on 08/12/2022 12:45:30 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: Right Brother

Huh? Ducey isn’t running.


8 posted on 08/12/2022 12:51:37 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Sorry, I thought he was. Lake is running hard on finishing the wall so it is a bit of thunder stealing.


9 posted on 08/12/2022 1:00:49 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: mikelets456

Exactly my thought.


10 posted on 08/12/2022 1:02:12 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s not going stop anyone.


11 posted on 08/12/2022 1:04:33 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bookmark


12 posted on 08/12/2022 1:06:02 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The wall will never be built and Trump will never get elected president.

13 posted on 08/12/2022 1:07:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Throughout history, ivasions are typically met with deadly force.


14 posted on 08/12/2022 1:10:50 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: chief lee runamok

... electrified razor wire maybe? Why not have a few ED-209’s on patrol also.


15 posted on 08/12/2022 1:33:00 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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16 posted on 08/12/2022 1:41:39 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: mikelets456

Wait for this to be said “we need years of Enviromental impact studies first, what if some species we never heard of may get discovered”?


17 posted on 08/12/2022 1:50:45 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

why can’t governor abbot of texas do the same thing?


18 posted on 08/12/2022 1:52:13 PM PDT by ckilmer (qui)
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To: chief lee runamok

“..and the containers will be topped with 4 feet (1.2 meters) of razor wire.

I have a place in Central America, 90% of the homes have that.


19 posted on 08/12/2022 2:11:26 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: Right Brother

The Feds will object, Ducey will say “We cannot do it, and have been ORDERED to stand down” “But I really really really really wanted to for years, but suddenly found my huevos.


20 posted on 08/12/2022 2:38:39 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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