Feds Demand Arizona Remove Shipping Containers at U.S.-Mexico Border; Feds: Ducey’s Placement of Stacks of Shipping Containers at Border Illegal

Feds demand Arizona remove shipping containers at U.S.-Mexico border:

The federal government is demanding the state remove double-stacked shipping containers placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying they are unauthorized and violate U.S. law.

The Cocopah Indian Tribe in southwestern Arizona welcomed the call to take down the containers in the latest rift between the Biden administration and Republican-led border states over how to prevent illegal border crossings.

The Bureau of Reclamation also demanded in last week’s letter that no new containers be placed. It said the bureau wants to prevent conflicts with two federal contracts that have been awarded and two more still pending to fill border wall gaps near the Morelos Dam in the Yuma, Arizona, area.

“The unauthorized placement of those containers constitutes a violation of federal law and is a trespass against the United States,” the letter states. “That trespass is harming federal lands and resources and impeding Reclamation’s ability to perform its mission.”

There was no immediate response Monday from Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s office, but it said in the past it would remove the containers if the U.S. government starts construction to fill the gaps. —>READ MORE HERE

Feds: Ducey’s placement of stacks of shipping containers at border illegal:

The Bureau of Reclamation said the unauthorized placement of the containers constitutes a violation of federal law and is considered trespassing.

Federal officials say Governor Doug Ducey’s placement of stacks of shipping containers along the Arizona-Mexico border near Yuma violates federal law.

In a letter Friday, the Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees the area where the containers were placed, said the unauthorized placement of the containers constitutes a violation of federal law and is considered trespassing.

The department said the containers are harming federal lands and resources, and their placement interferes with the Biden Administration’s plans to close gaps in the border fence in the area.

The Bureau asked Ducey to remove the existing containers and to stop placing any new containers.

The containers cost Arizona taxpayers 6 million dollars.

In August, Ducey announced his plan to place the 60 double-stacked shipping containers, reinforced with wire, “to immediately fill the gaps in the Yuma border wall.” —>READ MORE HERE

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