Posted on 12/22/2022 2:14:22 PM PST by Coronal
Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle a makeshift border wall that triggered a lawsuit by the federal government and rankled environmentalists.
In an agreement reached Wednesday with the Biden administration, Ducey said he would stop installing shipping containers on federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.
The agreement comes one week after federal officials filed a lawsuit against Ducey’s administration saying the border project was illegally built on federal land.
It requires Arizona to remove containers installed in the Coronado National Forest by Jan. 4. State agencies must consult with the U.S. Forest Service to ensure materials are removed safely and without further damaging natural resources.
"We're ecstatic," said Robin Silver with the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a notice of intent to sue Ducey’s office earlier this month over the wall because of ecological concerns.
Protesters spent weeks camping in freezing temperatures along the border wall, and had vowed to stay there until the containers were removed.
Ducey's successor, Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has said she opposes the container project but has stopped short of saying she would dismantle it when she takes office in January.
C.J. Karamargin, Ducey’s spokesman, said the project was always intended to be a temporary solution until the Biden administration agreed to resume completion of a wall started under President Donald Trump.
With just a few weeks left in office, Ducey has doubled down on securing his state's border with Mexico as local officials say they are seeing an uptick in illegal crossings due to confusion over Title 42, which set limits on asylum-seekers hoping to enter the U.S.
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traitor
Hello one world government . . . coming to a country near you.
Pussy
Surrender
As usual with DoucheBag
Will low income US Citizens and welfare recipients be removed from housing and benefits and replaced by illegal immigrants?
Well, that was fast.
SEE!
its the republicans fault
Protesters spent weeks camping in freezing temperatures along the border wall, and had vowed to stay there until the containers were removed.
It’s already here.
Douchey strikes again...
What a disaster he turned out to be...
Ducey’s successor, Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has said she opposes the container project but has stopped short of saying she would dismantle it when she takes office in January.
C.J. Karamargin, Ducey’s spokesman, said the project was always intended to be a temporary solution until the Biden administration agreed to resume completion of a wall started under President Donald Trump.
The omnibus passed today forbids the government from using the funds to enforce the border, the funds can only be used to process border jumpers. Essentially open borders is now law...
While a noble gesture, it was doomed before it started.
That pesky constitution thingie didn’t allow him to do this ON FEDERAL LAND.
However, state land is a whole different ballgame.
Replace it with a lead wall.
Well, they have to live some where. Depending on the size of the living space it could be determined that 'you can get 3-4 families in here comrade'.
Do you need more proof that they want to flood the country with third world migrants. Everything that’s happening at the border is by design
Let Biden dismantle it. The Republicans just gave him $1.7 trillion. I’m sure he could squeeze it in...
“rankled environmentalists”
...they always have their panties in a wad. How about the complete destruction and removal of the rain forests (known as the earth’s lungs) to build BS wind turbines? They require balsa wood. Trees are coming down by the 1000’s of acres for balsa wood. Environmentalists are destroying the environment to save it. F’n stupid ass commies.
So, why would anyone think the State of Arizona was going to be able to maintain a wall, or anything else, on Federal land? That’s what the story is about.
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