Work crews are stacking hundreds of shipping containers along the east end of Arizona’s boundary with Mexico as Republican Gov. Doug Ducey makes a bold show of border enforcement even as he prepares to step aside for Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs.
Ducey insists Arizona holds sole or shared jurisdiction over the 60-foot strip the containers rest on and has a constitutional right to protect residents from “imminent danger of criminal and humanitarian crises.”
to Democratic-led cities far from the southern border, including New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.Ducey’s move comes amid a record flow of migrants arriving at the border. U.S. border officials have stopped migrantsin the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up 37% from the year before. The annual total surpassed 2 million for the first time in August and is more than twice the highest level during Trump’s presidency, in 2019.
The work in Yuma cost about $6 million and wrapped up in 11 days with 130 of the containers covering about 3,800 feet . The Bureau of Reclamation told Arizona it violated U.S. law by building on federal land. The Cocopah Indian Tribe also complained the state did not seek permission to build on its nearby reservation.
While Ducey’s lawsuit does not address environmental concerns, groups like the center say the work in theimperils endangered or threatened species like the western yellow-billed cuckoo and the Mexican spotted owl, as well as big cats including the occasional ocelot.
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