The state’s response invoked the Constitution, referencing its protection of the states and their rights to defend themselves.
Gov. Doug Ducey delivers a statement during a news conference in front of a border gap near the Morelos Dam covered by shipping containers.State officials refuted Tuesday any violation of federal law regarding the state's unauthorized placement of shipping containers to fill gaps along the Arizona-Mexico border wall near Yuma.
Ducey’s placement of shipping containers along the border has drawn criticism from elected officials and environmental advocates who have referred to the initiative as a “political stunt.” The bureau’s letter called for the removal of the containers and for any placement of new containers to stop. The bureau wanted to avoid interference with recently awarded federal contracts to close the border wall gaps near the Morelos Dam near Yuma, the letter says.
Of those containers, 122 were placed on Bureau of Reclamation land and on Reclamation “rights-of-way” within the exterior boundaries of the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s West Reservation, the letter states. Two of the gaps are on Bureau of Reclamation land, according to the letter. “We believe it's well within Arizona's rights to take this action and that's what Governor Ducey did,” Ducey spokesperson C.J. Karamargin said.
In July, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized CBP to close the gaps in the border wall near the dam to address operational impacts and immediate life and safety risks. “The project area is located on federal land that was previously disturbed by other construction activities.”Barnes said the purpose of the federal project is to route migrant traffic to safer locations where migrants can be quickly transported for medical attention; provide improved security and reduce injury and death during crossing; and to protect existing U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission and Bureau of Reclamation infrastructure at the location.
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