Arizona’s Republican Governor Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle the makeshift wall his state had constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border out of shipping containers after the Biden administration ludicrously sued him for doing its job of maintaining a secure border.
According to documents filed in U.S. District Court, Ducey is folding to the Biden administration’s wishes in order “to avoid the United States moving for an immediate temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction” against Arizona.
The agreement to avoid further legal action in the waning days of Ducey’s administration states that Arizona will “maintain its cessation of activity on National Forest System lands within the Coronado National Forest for any purpose relating to installing shipping containers along the international border (where ‘installing’ includes, but is not limited to, movement of equipment, staging, roadwork, welding, and installation of concertina wire).”
In addition, “to the extent feasible and so as not to cause damage to United States’ lands, properties, and natural resources, Arizona will remove all previously installed shipping containers and associated equipment, materials, vehicles, and other objects from the United States’ properties” in the U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector and Coronado National Forest by January 4, 2023, the day before Democrat Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs is set to be sworn into office.
As Townhall reported earlier this month, the Biden administration sued Ducey and his administration for constructing what the governor’s office said was intended to be a temporary border barrier to wall off illegal immigrants until the Biden administration built a permanent solution.
At the time the federal government filed its lawsuit, Ducey General Counsel Anni Foster said “Arizona and contractors stand ready to assist in the removal of the barriers, but the federal government owes it to Arizonans and all Americans to release a timeline on when construction will begin and details about how it will secure the border while construction is underway.”
The issue wasn’t the wall, the issue was they’re building on protected forest land. The Biden admin is still using eminent domain to buy land along the border from private property owners.
This is proof Karrine Pierre lies when she says the Biden administration doesn’t want a open border but wants these removed to open the border.
States have every RIGHT to build their wall since the Criminal Democrats & Biden Refuse ,which, is TREASON !!!!!