Arizona’s shipping container wall on border is coming down
In Yuma, all 130 of the shipping containers covering about 3,800 feet of the border were removed by Tuesday.
Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border
The Biden administration has yet to lay out any systemic changes to manage an expected surge of migrants should the restrictions end.
Latest on the shipping containers at the Arizona-Mexico border as Katie Hobbs becomes governor
In his last act in office, former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey started removing the shipping containers he began placing months ago along the Arizona-Mexico border. We have the latest on the removal project and what Gov. Katie Hobbs has to say.
Arizona agrees to remove shipping containers from parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, court documents state
Arizona officials have agreed to remove containers installed along parts of the U.S. border with Mexico, as part of an agreement with the U.S. government.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks order to end Title 42
The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an order that would lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers.
U.S. sues Arizona over shipping containers on Mexico border
Ducey told U.S. officials that Arizona stands ready to help remove the containers, which he says were placed as a temporary barrier. But he 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.
Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end
Until protesters slowed, then largely halted the work in recent days, Ducey pressed forward over the objections of the U.S. government, environmentalists and an incoming governor who has called it a poor use of resources.
Arizona sheriff plans to stop shipping containers at border wall
Sheriff David Hathaway says he plans to arrest construction crews and security personnel if they reach Santa Cruz County, calling the makeshift barrier "illegal dumping."
Arizona Gov. Ducey files lawsuit over shipping containers at border wall
Governor Doug Ducey said in a news release that "the lack of planning and action from the Biden administration demonstrates that border states like Arizona cannot rely on the federal government to ensure its security."
Arizona refuses U.S. demand to remove containers along border
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs dug in its heels in a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, saying "the containers will remain in place until specific details regarding construction are provided." It was signed by Allen Clark, the department’s director.
US government tells Arizona to remove shipping containers along border wall
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ordered the installation of more than 100 double-stacked containers that were placed over the summer, saying he couldn’t wait for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to award the contracts it had announced for work to fill the gaps in the border wall in the border area.
Video captures migrants in camo scaling Arizona wall after Harris says border secure
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey last month issued an executive order to fill gaps in the border wall in Yuma with shipping containers topped with razor wire, saying that the state "can’t wait any longer."
Tribe says Arizona built shipping container border wall against its wishes
The Cocopah Indian Tribe determined that the state put 42 double-stacked containers on its land near Yuma.
Migrants at Arizona border unhindered by shipping container wall
Migrants continue to avoid barriers by going around them — in this case, through a 5-mile gap in the Cocopah Indian Reservation near Yuma.
Gaps in Arizona border wall filled with double-stacked shipping containers
Arizona Gov. Ducey said 11-day project closed 3,820 open feet of the wall with 130 shipping containers.
US to fill border wall gaps in Arizona for safety reasons
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the work to complete a barrier project near the Morelos Dam is to protect the safety of migrants and its own agents.
Autopsy: Woman migrant found entangled on border wall choked to death
The Pima County Medical Examiner’s report conducted for the Cochise County Sheriff’s office said Griselda Anais Verduzco Armenta, 31, was found suspended from the border wall.
Tohono O’odham woman acquitted in protest of border wall construction
Amber Ortega was charged after she refused to leave a construction site about 150 miles southwest of Tucson, where contractors were building more than 40 miles of 30-foot-tall steel border wall.
Border agency authorized to clean up wall construction sites in Arizona, 2 other states
Work will include installing drainage systems to prevent flooding, erosion control and slope stabilization, construction and improvement of access roads and removal of building materials that will no longer be used.
Arizona mayors welcome international tourism as U.S.-Mexico border reopens for fully vaccinated travelers
The U.S. is lifting its ban on international travel after more than a year and a half and that means tourism and trade with Mexico is resuming.