Posted on 09/16/2017 4:14:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Edward Manuel is determined to prevent President Trump's proposed border wall from carving a path through his tribe's lands — a move which he said would separate members from much needed resources and disrupt the community’s way of life.
The nation, which is about the size of Connecticut, is a federally recognized tribe that has land and members on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
“Walls are made to keep animals in or out, walls cannot contain people,” Manuel said. “People are too intelligent. They can always find a way to get over the wall, under the wall or through the wall.”
The Tohono O’odham Nation is just one of many groups that have expressed concerns about the potential path of the president's proposed $1.6 billion border wall. The National Congress of American Indians is also calling on the U.S. government to work with tribes on the border to address their concerns about the impact on communities.
Much of the nearly 2,000 mile border is owned by private citizens. The government may gain rights to the land via “eminent domain laws.” These laws would allow the land to be bought out from under the owners, some of whom have already begun receiving notices.....
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I’m sure the wall will have a few gates in it. Put a couple on the reservation if needed. It might be an insurmountable obstacle for the liberal writer but I’m sure normal people can find a solution.
A wall, barbed wire and an automatic rifle will get you further than a wall alone.
That’s the entire length of Texas. Cattle water, boating, fishing, etc. How do you block it eith a fence that makes sense?
The government bought it not the Indian land - Gadsden Purchase
Good. Deport their asses back over the Bering Strait if they don’t like it.
Yeah, this is the tribe who supplies water stations in the desert for “migrants”
They already are
“”That’s the entire length of Texas. Cattle water, boating, fishing, etc. How do you block it eith a fence that makes sense?””
You missed irrigation! For those very reasons you’ll never see a fence on the Texas border.
“Native American tribes will do anything to make a buck. They’ll sell the right of way when the price is right.”
And when they hold out too long and the deal is cancelled they’ll camp out and crap all over the land while leaving immense piles of trash.
Encircle the Native American lands with the wall .... then they can keep the gringo-wannabees!
awesome reply to walls dont work
I was being sarcastic. Walls stop the flow of people across a border. Period. Are they 100%? Of course not. But in the case of the Berlin wall it was pretty close to 100%.
A fence already runs through it.
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Most of Arizona has fencing of some kind but there is some 50 miles or so most
that isn’t fenced. Most of the unprotected areas are on Tohono O’Odham Nation
land and in mountainous or extremely remote locations.
How do you lock down secure it?
LOL. I guess he's never heard of prison.
LOL. I guess he's never heard of prison.
Gorby did not build that wall. He tore it down.
Wall of the danged reservations if the Indians want to let the illegals in.
Oh, be still my heart! Apache border guards...
Waaaaaaaaaa
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