As we move into the hottest and deadliest months on the US-Mexico border, No More Deaths is releasing a comprehensive database and map of recovered migrant remains for the entire southern land border.
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New: For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their community. https://t.co/CdKWZsT6Mo
In July, I took a ride through the Arizona desert with Verlon Jose, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, a sprawling reservation on the U.S.-Mexico border that may soon be changed forever.
It was the beginning of an investigation that ProPublica is publishing today.
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New: For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their community. https://t.co/CdKWZsT6Mo
🚨 Border wall contractors plan to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day.
Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation.
The Tohono O'odham Nation has filed an emergency injunction to stop federal contractors from removing thousands of saguaros from their land, with removal set to begin on Indigenous Peoples' Day. https://t.co/HKvsZlX6F8
Check out the full episode with Juan of Casa Carmelita talking about resisting the border wall at https://t.co/HF4qvBm3NP
and donate to support those arrested during Oct 5th Camp O:Shad raids in #Lochiel defending #grandmothertrees at:
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Three days after federal judge halted border wall construction in Big Bend, the Trump admin arrests protestors trying to protect cottonwoods and blocking crews in remote San Rafael Valley of southern Arizona
BREAKING: For Trump's wall, Border Patrol cut down the sacred Grandmother Tree, a more than 200-year-old Cottonwood on private property + Indigenous territory.
The tree sitter and many others have been arrested, according to activists @ Tierra Libre anti-border wall camp in AZ
The NPS should have been protecting the land and people, not the border wall construction that nearly emptied the spring. Today, USFS should consider who they are protecting, in the name of "public safety". Shame on @forestservice
The Forest Service closed roads near the border wall in an attempt to stop public oversight on Border wall construction and add another layer of policing against aid workers and environmentalists. They have closed these roads in the name of "public safety".https://t.co/pghr8N0b22
“Colonial borders, barricades and police violence will not shake our obligation to these sacred places. We’ll continue to take care of this land. And the land will take care of us.” - Hon'mana Seukteoma, Tohono O’odham Land Defender
Public comment is open on border wall construction in Tucson Sector, comments can be emailed to CBP at [email protected]. Please include “Tucson Sector Secondary Barrier Construction” in the subject of your email. Pre-written scripts in the link.https://t.co/Xy9Z0QdNAD
Another Controlled Blast, Another Milestone for Border Security
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More updates will be shared as this work continues to support a safer homeland.
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