Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey wants the U.S. government to say when it will fill any remaining gaps in the permanent border wall as it announced it would a year ago.
as a barrier on the border with Mexico, saying it is trespassing on federal lands.
The Department of Justice complaint asks the court for Arizona to be ordered to halt placement and remove the containers in remote San Rafael Valley in southeastern Cochise County. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement from Washington that the project “is not an effective barrier, it poses safety hazards to both the public and those working in the area and has significantly damaged public land.”
Ducey wrote federal officials after being informed of their intent to file the complaint and rejected their argument that the containers “present serious public safety risks and environmental harms.”
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