Arizona to dismantle $80M shipping container wall on Mexican border

NEWS Amine 23 Dec , 2022 0

Arizona officials have agreed to tear down a wall of shipping containers along the Mexican border just months after the outgoing governor said the state would “not back down” on the issue.

Republican Gov. Doug Ducey agreed with the Biden administration to stop the placement of containers in the Coronado National Forest, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on Wednesday.

The agreement also states that Arizona must remove the completed portion of the wall by January 4 without damaging natural resources.

Built from more than 900 containers and spent at least $80 million in taxpayer money, the wall covers part of Arizona’s 370-mile-long border with Mexico and is the result of former President Donald Trump’s imperfect border. It is kept open by border barriers.

The wall is made up of more than 900 containers worth at least $80 million in taxes.

Container walls stretch across miles of national forest — Container walls stretch for miles in Coronado National Forest.

Ducey, who ordered the construction of a makeshift wall earlier this year, always insisted the stacked containers were temporary placeholders for more permanent solutions.

“Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do. We will secure the border any way we can,” he said when the state sued the federal government in October for the right to keep the wall. He said, “We won’t back down,” he added.

A group of immigrants line up opposite a container wall near Yuma, Arizona. — A group of immigrants line up on the Mexican side of a container wall near Yuma, Arizona.

Governor Ducey always said the containers were a temporary measure. — Governor Ducey has always said containers are a temporary measure.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agent — Arizona, like Texas, is dealing with a border crisis, and the Biden administration is doing well.

Ducey’s comments came as record numbers of illegal immigrants attempted to cross the southern border into the United States after being forced out of declining Latin American states.

However, the Biden administration responded by suing Ducey and Arizona, alleging that the wall amounted to encroachment on federal land.

As part of the new agreement filed Wednesday, Arizona officials will have to consult with U.S. Forest Service officials throughout the removal process.

The wall will be made of over 900 containers and will cost at least $80 million in taxes. — The agreement says Arizona has until January 4th to remove the containers and avoid damaging natural resources.

The Arizona-based Center for Biodiversity has also filed two lawsuits against container walls, dividing protected areas housing various vulnerable species, blocking access to waterways and migration routes, and disrupting natural habitats. He said it disrupted the landscape.

The resolution also comes two weeks before Democrat Katie Hobbs takes office as governor. Hobbes had previously dismissed the wall as a “political stunt” and vowed to halt its construction.

“It’s not our land to put things on.

with post wire