#borderwall — Public Fediverse posts
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No new news about #TohonoOodhamNation closing their borders to #BorderWall contractors. However, I did see a notice posted on the Nation's website which mentions contractors that are allowed, and who aren't working on #TrumpsBorderWall ...
https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/authorized-contractors/
#NoWall #USPol #IndigenousLands #BorderWall #NoTrespassing #Illegal #RespectTheNations #RespectTheTreaties #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty
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No new news about #TohonoOodhamNation closing their borders to #BorderWall contractors. However, I did see a notice posted on the Nation's website which mentions contractors that are allowed, and who aren't working on #TrumpsBorderWall ...
https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/authorized-contractors/
#NoWall #USPol #IndigenousLands #BorderWall #NoTrespassing #Illegal #RespectTheNations #RespectTheTreaties #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty
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Federal judge extends pause on #borderwall construction at South #Texas wildlife refuge
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/13/border-wall-construction-paused-santa-ana-refuge/An irrigation district claims border wall construction is damaging its property and canal.
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Federal judge extends pause on #borderwall construction at South #Texas wildlife refuge
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/13/border-wall-construction-paused-santa-ana-refuge/An irrigation district claims border wall construction is damaging its property and canal.
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Eyes on the Sky after #TohonoOodham Nation' Posts 'No Trespass' Signs for Border Wall Construction Crews
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 12, 2026
"We are watching the skies after the Tohono O'odham Nation posted 'No Trespass' signs, and alerted tribal police to remove any border wall construction contractors who attempt to enter their sovereign land. The Nation asked a federal court in Washington for an injunction to prevent seizure of their land, stating only Congress can diminish their lands.
"These combat jets usually do their war training maneuvers in the mornings over the Tohono O'odham Nation, but this one was flying along the border last night over the Nation, at 11 pm local time."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/eyes-on-sky-after-tohono-oodham-nation.html#TohonoOodhamNation #NoWall
#USPol #IndigenousLands #BorderWall #NoTrespassing #Illegal #RespectTheNations #RespectTheTreaties #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty -
Eyes on the Sky after #TohonoOodham Nation' Posts 'No Trespass' Signs for Border Wall Construction Crews
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 12, 2026
"We are watching the skies after the Tohono O'odham Nation posted 'No Trespass' signs, and alerted tribal police to remove any border wall construction contractors who attempt to enter their sovereign land. The Nation asked a federal court in Washington for an injunction to prevent seizure of their land, stating only Congress can diminish their lands.
"These combat jets usually do their war training maneuvers in the mornings over the Tohono O'odham Nation, but this one was flying along the border last night over the Nation, at 11 pm local time."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/eyes-on-sky-after-tohono-oodham-nation.html#TohonoOodhamNation #NoWall
#USPol #IndigenousLands #BorderWall #NoTrespassing #Illegal #RespectTheNations #RespectTheTreaties #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty -
Porta-Potty supplier for border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel found, hit with phone zap
On the morning of August 10, pro-migrant activists held a phone zap aimed at forcing portajohn supplier Stamback Services to terminate their business relationship with border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel.
Message to Fisher here-you ARE shit, you don't GET to shit, not even piss.
This is an application of the "tertiary targetting model" that was successfully used to bankrupt former puppy-killing vivisector Huntington Life Sciences (HLS). Border walls don't get built without contractors. Contractors cannot operate without everything from tool rentals to portajohns.
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Porta-Potty supplier for border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel found, hit with phone zap
On the morning of August 10, pro-migrant activists held a phone zap aimed at forcing portajohn supplier Stamback Services to terminate their business relationship with border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel.
Message to Fisher here-you ARE shit, you don't GET to shit, not even piss.
This is an application of the "tertiary targetting model" that was successfully used to bankrupt former puppy-killing vivisector Huntington Life Sciences (HLS). Border walls don't get built without contractors. Contractors cannot operate without everything from tool rentals to portajohns.
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Photos: #NoBorderWall: 'First Stake Driven' on #TohonoOodham Nation, Ignoring 'No Trespass' Signs
#CensoredNews, August 10, 2026
" 'First Stake Driven' These photos were taken yesterday afternoon at the San Miguel Gate known as 'Koli Ki:jig' located in the Chukut Kuk District, on August 9, 2026. Tohono O'odham photographer."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/no-border-wall-first-stake-driven-on.html
#TohonoOodhamNation #NoWall
#USPol #IndigenousLands #BorderWall #NoTrespassing #Illegal #RespectTheNations #RespectTheTreaties #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty -
Photos: #NoBorderWall: 'First Stake Driven' on #TohonoOodham Nation, Ignoring 'No Trespass' Signs
#CensoredNews, August 10, 2026
" 'First Stake Driven' These photos were taken yesterday afternoon at the San Miguel Gate known as 'Koli Ki:jig' located in the Chukut Kuk District, on August 9, 2026. Tohono O'odham photographer."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/no-border-wall-first-stake-driven-on.html
#TohonoOodhamNation #NoWall
#USPol #IndigenousLands #BorderWall #NoTrespassing #Illegal #RespectTheNations #RespectTheTreaties #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty -
Border wall contractor Fisher Industries office stormed and trashed in Tempe, Arizona
It appears this action was executed in the classic guerilla fashion: strike fast, hit hard, then disappear before the Enemy can get their shit together to respond.
From
https://saguaros.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/06/fishing-for-trouble/The following piece is an anonymously submitted reportback from an action against Fisher Industries in Tempe on August 5th.
The border is like an open wound, sliced through the desert with no consideration for its people or ecology. Folks watched in anger as the ancient cottonwoods of Lochiel were bulldozed, save for the last Grandmother Tree, which is protected by the courageous land defenders who climbed its branches. Fisher Industries is the contractor responsible for this wanton destruction in furtherance of colonial ecocide. In response, the anarchists and troublemakers of the metropolis decided to bring resistance to their offices, in solidarity.
A small group pulled up outside and quickly sprinted into their parking lot. Together, they stormed through the front door, invading the building. They chanted, “PROTECT THE TREES, NO BORDER WALL!” trashed their lobby, flyered and stickered their glass, telling them to quit their jobs and abandon their complicity in ecocide. While some acted inside, others outside attached a poster to the front door, issuing a notice of eviction by the people to the company. As a bewildered employee retreated back into an inaccessible part of the building, presumably to call for help, they exited as swiftly as they entered and hightailed it back home.
A message to Fisher Industries:
Your deplorable actions have not gone unnoticed, and you will be held accountable for your perpetration of ecocide in support of the fascist settler state. Cease your destruction of the land or face further repercussions.
To those in the tree and the camp, blocking the machinery of death with your bodies:
The people of so-called Phoenix stand in solidarity, and their hearts beat in time with yours. Stand strong.
Until the last border wall is torn down, the last tree is felled, and the land is once again free.
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Border wall contractor Fisher Industries office stormed and trashed in Tempe, Arizona
It appears this action was executed in the classic guerilla fashion: strike fast, hit hard, then disappear before the Enemy can get their shit together to respond.
From
https://saguaros.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/06/fishing-for-trouble/The following piece is an anonymously submitted reportback from an action against Fisher Industries in Tempe on August 5th.
The border is like an open wound, sliced through the desert with no consideration for its people or ecology. Folks watched in anger as the ancient cottonwoods of Lochiel were bulldozed, save for the last Grandmother Tree, which is protected by the courageous land defenders who climbed its branches. Fisher Industries is the contractor responsible for this wanton destruction in furtherance of colonial ecocide. In response, the anarchists and troublemakers of the metropolis decided to bring resistance to their offices, in solidarity.
A small group pulled up outside and quickly sprinted into their parking lot. Together, they stormed through the front door, invading the building. They chanted, “PROTECT THE TREES, NO BORDER WALL!” trashed their lobby, flyered and stickered their glass, telling them to quit their jobs and abandon their complicity in ecocide. While some acted inside, others outside attached a poster to the front door, issuing a notice of eviction by the people to the company. As a bewildered employee retreated back into an inaccessible part of the building, presumably to call for help, they exited as swiftly as they entered and hightailed it back home.
A message to Fisher Industries:
Your deplorable actions have not gone unnoticed, and you will be held accountable for your perpetration of ecocide in support of the fascist settler state. Cease your destruction of the land or face further repercussions.
To those in the tree and the camp, blocking the machinery of death with your bodies:
The people of so-called Phoenix stand in solidarity, and their hearts beat in time with yours. Stand strong.
Until the last border wall is torn down, the last tree is felled, and the land is once again free.
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BREAKING NEWS! #TohonoOodham Closes Nation to Non-Members
"The Tohono O'odham Nation said today, 'Important community update! Tohono O’odham Nation leadership has been informed that #FederalContractors may attempt to enter the Nation’s lands this
weekend to begin conducting work related to #BorderWall construction."Please be aware that 'no trespassing' signs have been posted in several locations on the Nation.
"Tohono O’odham law enforcement is on alert to turn back trespassers. All O’odham are free to travel as usual. The restrictions are only for non-tribal members who are attempting to destroy our land and separate our people with the construction of the wall.
"Please help us spread the word by sharing this information.
T-wem' o ba'ic e s-ge:wpk
Together we are stronger."https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/no-border-wall-tohono-oodham-closes.html
#NoWall #USPol #IndigenousLands #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty
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BREAKING NEWS! #TohonoOodham Closes Nation to Non-Members
"The Tohono O'odham Nation said today, 'Important community update! Tohono O’odham Nation leadership has been informed that #FederalContractors may attempt to enter the Nation’s lands this
weekend to begin conducting work related to #BorderWall construction."Please be aware that 'no trespassing' signs have been posted in several locations on the Nation.
"Tohono O’odham law enforcement is on alert to turn back trespassers. All O’odham are free to travel as usual. The restrictions are only for non-tribal members who are attempting to destroy our land and separate our people with the construction of the wall.
"Please help us spread the word by sharing this information.
T-wem' o ba'ic e s-ge:wpk
Together we are stronger."https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/no-border-wall-tohono-oodham-closes.html
#NoWall #USPol #IndigenousLands #IndigenousResistance #NoBorderWall #DefundDHS #IndigenousSovereignty
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Federal Contractors Begin #BorderWall Construction in #BigBend #NationalPark
via #CensoredNews
"New Mexico threatens to revoke licenses of contractors drilling water wells in drought-stricken #NewMexico. The #TohonoOodham Nation has filed for an injunction to halt the Trump administration from seizing its tribal land for the border wall in Arizona, pointing out that only Congress can diminish its land.
"Border Wall construction will destroy O'odham burial places and #SacredSites. Today, contractors are destroying the fragile tree life at Big Bend in Texas. Today is Day 10 of a tree sitter and supporters halting border wall contractors in Lochiel, Arizona, east of Nogales." -- Censored News
Federal Contractors Begin Border Construction in Big Bend National Park
“This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
By Center for Biological Diversity, Censored News, August 7, 2026
TERLINGUA, Texas— "Bulldozers broke ground today on border barrier and road construction in Big Bend National Park amid widespread bipartisan opposition. Videos shared with the Center for Biological Diversity show contractors plowing through native vegetation along the Rio Grande’s riparian corridor, with the iconic Santa Elena Canyon visible in the background.
" 'This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations,' said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
" 'The administration is preparing to blast hundreds of miles of destructive roads through the wildest place left in Texas and cut off public access to the Rio Grande, all to enrich private contractors. Big Bend belongs to us all, and sacrificing it is a betrayal of every Texan and every American who believes our national parks should be protected. We won’t stop fighting this reckless assault on Big Bend National Park and America’s natural heritage until this destruction ends.'
"Department of Homeland Security contractors have stockpiled heavy equipment across the Big Bend region, where staging yards have been cleared, worker camps built and water wells drilled.
"According to Customs and Border Protection’s [ #CBP ] online map, the agency plans to build vehicle barriers and patrol roads across Big Bend National Park, including in rugged and remote areas such as Mariscal Mountain that would require extensive dynamite blasting. The plans also include building in remote walled canyons where no unauthorized vehicle crossings have been documented and where vehicles cannot access the border with Mexico.
"In May the Department of Homeland Security awarded a $1.7 billion contract for border work through the national park. In June the department waived dozens of #EnvironmentalLaws — including the National Park Service Organic Act, #EndangeredSpecies Act and National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act — to authorize construction of border barriers, roads and lighting through Big Bend National Park. It was the first time in U.S. history that the federal government had waived such a broad set of environmental protections for construction inside a national park.
"The Center sued the Department of Homeland Security, saying the waivers violated the Constitution by taking actions with vast economic and political consequences without congressional authorization. That case is ongoing."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/federal-contractors-begin-border.html#USPol #CulturalGenocide #NoBorderWall #TrumpsBorderWall #ProtectTheSacred #EnvironmentalProtectionAct #EndangeredSpecies #RespectTheTreaties #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #IndigenousSacredSites #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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Federal Contractors Begin #BorderWall Construction in #BigBend #NationalPark
via #CensoredNews
"New Mexico threatens to revoke licenses of contractors drilling water wells in drought-stricken #NewMexico. The #TohonoOodham Nation has filed for an injunction to halt the Trump administration from seizing its tribal land for the border wall in Arizona, pointing out that only Congress can diminish its land.
"Border Wall construction will destroy O'odham burial places and #SacredSites. Today, contractors are destroying the fragile tree life at Big Bend in Texas. Today is Day 10 of a tree sitter and supporters halting border wall contractors in Lochiel, Arizona, east of Nogales." -- Censored News
Federal Contractors Begin Border Construction in Big Bend National Park
“This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
By Center for Biological Diversity, Censored News, August 7, 2026
TERLINGUA, Texas— "Bulldozers broke ground today on border barrier and road construction in Big Bend National Park amid widespread bipartisan opposition. Videos shared with the Center for Biological Diversity show contractors plowing through native vegetation along the Rio Grande’s riparian corridor, with the iconic Santa Elena Canyon visible in the background.
" 'This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations,' said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
" 'The administration is preparing to blast hundreds of miles of destructive roads through the wildest place left in Texas and cut off public access to the Rio Grande, all to enrich private contractors. Big Bend belongs to us all, and sacrificing it is a betrayal of every Texan and every American who believes our national parks should be protected. We won’t stop fighting this reckless assault on Big Bend National Park and America’s natural heritage until this destruction ends.'
"Department of Homeland Security contractors have stockpiled heavy equipment across the Big Bend region, where staging yards have been cleared, worker camps built and water wells drilled.
"According to Customs and Border Protection’s [ #CBP ] online map, the agency plans to build vehicle barriers and patrol roads across Big Bend National Park, including in rugged and remote areas such as Mariscal Mountain that would require extensive dynamite blasting. The plans also include building in remote walled canyons where no unauthorized vehicle crossings have been documented and where vehicles cannot access the border with Mexico.
"In May the Department of Homeland Security awarded a $1.7 billion contract for border work through the national park. In June the department waived dozens of #EnvironmentalLaws — including the National Park Service Organic Act, #EndangeredSpecies Act and National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act — to authorize construction of border barriers, roads and lighting through Big Bend National Park. It was the first time in U.S. history that the federal government had waived such a broad set of environmental protections for construction inside a national park.
"The Center sued the Department of Homeland Security, saying the waivers violated the Constitution by taking actions with vast economic and political consequences without congressional authorization. That case is ongoing."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/federal-contractors-begin-border.html#USPol #CulturalGenocide #NoBorderWall #TrumpsBorderWall #ProtectTheSacred #EnvironmentalProtectionAct #EndangeredSpecies #RespectTheTreaties #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #IndigenousSacredSites #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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As anger mounts, feds tell #borderwall contractors to stop drilling for #water in #NewMexico
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/08/05/border-wall-water-new-mexico
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As anger mounts, feds tell #borderwall contractors to stop drilling for #water in #NewMexico
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/08/05/border-wall-water-new-mexico
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So, @corbden , while the damage has been done, this happened a couple of weeks ago...
Federal Court Hears #TohonoOodham Nation’s Challenge to #BorderWall Construction on #TribalLands
by Levi Rickert July 23, 2026
Excerpt: "During the hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, attorneys representing the Nation argued that the project would constitute trespass on Tribal lands and violate the Nation’s exclusive rights to use and manage its reservation and natural resources. After hearing arguments from both sides, Judge Leon requested additional information from both the Nation and the Department of Homeland Security before making a ruling."
#USPol #TrumpSucks
#CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred
#TohonoOodham #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory
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So, @corbden , while the damage has been done, this happened a couple of weeks ago...
Federal Court Hears #TohonoOodham Nation’s Challenge to #BorderWall Construction on #TribalLands
by Levi Rickert July 23, 2026
Excerpt: "During the hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, attorneys representing the Nation argued that the project would constitute trespass on Tribal lands and violate the Nation’s exclusive rights to use and manage its reservation and natural resources. After hearing arguments from both sides, Judge Leon requested additional information from both the Nation and the Department of Homeland Security before making a ruling."
#USPol #TrumpSucks
#CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred
#TohonoOodham #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory
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Press Release from @CenterForBioDiv
#BorderWall Construction Triggers Tree Sit to Save Ancient #Arizona #Cottonwood
For Immediate Release, July 29, 2026
Contact: Russ McSpadden,LOCHIEL, Ariz.— "Protesters today climbed into an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s #SanRafaelValley to stop the Trump administration from cutting it down for construction of two parallel 30-foot-tall border walls.
"The action comes after Department of Homeland Security contractors cut down three neighboring Fremont cottonwoods estimated to be 200 to 250 years old.
" 'Destroying these ancient cottonwoods is a death sentence for an entire ecosystem,' said Russ McSpadden, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'These magnificent cottonwoods survived centuries, nourishing wildlife through floods and drought, only to be bulldozed for the Trump administration’s disastrous border wall. The San Rafael Valley is one of the most biologically rich landscapes in North America. It’s both a refuge and crucial corridor for #jaguars, #ocelots, #BlackBears, #pronghorn and hundreds of bird species.'
Today’s action is believed to be the first tree sit aimed at stopping U.S. border wall construction.
"The three cottonwoods cut down earlier this week stood along a rare stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where mature trees once formed a #transboundary canopy. The trees provided nesting habitat, shade and shelter within an increasingly scarce riparian #ecosystem that supports hundreds of animal species. One #protester was arrested Monday while trying to protect those trees and nesting #MigratoryBirds .
"Federal officials said preconstruction surveys would be conducted during Arizona’s active #nesting season, but observers at the site reported that no surveys for nesting migratory birds were completed before the trees were destroyed.
"The area also contains prehistoric #ArchaeologicalSites that preserve evidence of thousands of years of #Indigenous presence in the borderlands. Ongoing construction threatens cultural resources that would be permanently lost if disturbed.
"The Department of Homeland Security is constructing the #BorderWall under authorities that waive dozens of the nation’s cornerstone environmental and cultural resource protection laws, allowing construction to proceed without reviews normally required under laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, the #EndangeredSpecies Act and the National #HistoricPreservation Act.
"In a letter sent today to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Center called for an immediate halt to construction in the #Lochiel area. The letter urged the agencies to conduct comprehensive biological and cultural resource surveys, consult with Tribes with ancestral and cultural connections to the San Rafael Valley, protect the remaining ancient cottonwoods, and assess the ecological and cultural resources at risk."
Source [includes link to materials]:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/border-wall-construction-triggers-tree-sit-to-save-ancient-arizona-cottonwood-2026-07-29/#OldGrowth #NestingBirds #USPo #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred
#CulturalGenocide #EndangeredSpecies #TreeSitters -
Press Release from @CenterForBioDiv
#BorderWall Construction Triggers Tree Sit to Save Ancient #Arizona #Cottonwood
For Immediate Release, July 29, 2026
Contact: Russ McSpadden,LOCHIEL, Ariz.— "Protesters today climbed into an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s #SanRafaelValley to stop the Trump administration from cutting it down for construction of two parallel 30-foot-tall border walls.
"The action comes after Department of Homeland Security contractors cut down three neighboring Fremont cottonwoods estimated to be 200 to 250 years old.
" 'Destroying these ancient cottonwoods is a death sentence for an entire ecosystem,' said Russ McSpadden, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'These magnificent cottonwoods survived centuries, nourishing wildlife through floods and drought, only to be bulldozed for the Trump administration’s disastrous border wall. The San Rafael Valley is one of the most biologically rich landscapes in North America. It’s both a refuge and crucial corridor for #jaguars, #ocelots, #BlackBears, #pronghorn and hundreds of bird species.'
Today’s action is believed to be the first tree sit aimed at stopping U.S. border wall construction.
"The three cottonwoods cut down earlier this week stood along a rare stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where mature trees once formed a #transboundary canopy. The trees provided nesting habitat, shade and shelter within an increasingly scarce riparian #ecosystem that supports hundreds of animal species. One #protester was arrested Monday while trying to protect those trees and nesting #MigratoryBirds .
"Federal officials said preconstruction surveys would be conducted during Arizona’s active #nesting season, but observers at the site reported that no surveys for nesting migratory birds were completed before the trees were destroyed.
"The area also contains prehistoric #ArchaeologicalSites that preserve evidence of thousands of years of #Indigenous presence in the borderlands. Ongoing construction threatens cultural resources that would be permanently lost if disturbed.
"The Department of Homeland Security is constructing the #BorderWall under authorities that waive dozens of the nation’s cornerstone environmental and cultural resource protection laws, allowing construction to proceed without reviews normally required under laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, the #EndangeredSpecies Act and the National #HistoricPreservation Act.
"In a letter sent today to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Center called for an immediate halt to construction in the #Lochiel area. The letter urged the agencies to conduct comprehensive biological and cultural resource surveys, consult with Tribes with ancestral and cultural connections to the San Rafael Valley, protect the remaining ancient cottonwoods, and assess the ecological and cultural resources at risk."
Source [includes link to materials]:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/border-wall-construction-triggers-tree-sit-to-save-ancient-arizona-cottonwood-2026-07-29/#OldGrowth #NestingBirds #USPo #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred
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#TreeSitters Saving #OldGrowth #Cottonwoods : #Arizona #BorderWall #Resistance
Border Wall Construction Destroying Cottonwoods, 'Green Ribbon' Running Through the Desert
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, August 4, 2026
#LochielAZ -- "Day 6 at #GrandmotherCamp, there was no border wall construction since the tree sit began last Wednesday in this rich landscape. The cottonwood trees are the nesting place of #MigratoryBirds, including the rare #YellowBilledCuckoo.
" 'We've lost three grandmothers that took 250 years to grow. They were obliterated by the monstrous machinations in four hours,' Kate said on Monday from the tree sit in Lochiel, about 25 miles east of Nogales, southeast of Tucson.
" 'But I just saw a Yellow-billed #Cuckoo, federally threatened crying over this beautiful meadow.'
" 'This remaining Grandmother, that threatened bird -- we remain hopeful that our efforts here on the ground will be met with thoughtful reasonable conversation and a new direction for Lochiel community,' Kate said.
" 'This remaining Grandmother represents hope and resistance.' "
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/tree-sitters-saving-old-growth.html#USPol #BorderWall #TrumpSucks #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #EndangeredSpecies
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#TreeSitters Saving #OldGrowth #Cottonwoods : #Arizona #BorderWall #Resistance
Border Wall Construction Destroying Cottonwoods, 'Green Ribbon' Running Through the Desert
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, August 4, 2026
#LochielAZ -- "Day 6 at #GrandmotherCamp, there was no border wall construction since the tree sit began last Wednesday in this rich landscape. The cottonwood trees are the nesting place of #MigratoryBirds, including the rare #YellowBilledCuckoo.
" 'We've lost three grandmothers that took 250 years to grow. They were obliterated by the monstrous machinations in four hours,' Kate said on Monday from the tree sit in Lochiel, about 25 miles east of Nogales, southeast of Tucson.
" 'But I just saw a Yellow-billed #Cuckoo, federally threatened crying over this beautiful meadow.'
" 'This remaining Grandmother, that threatened bird -- we remain hopeful that our efforts here on the ground will be met with thoughtful reasonable conversation and a new direction for Lochiel community,' Kate said.
" 'This remaining Grandmother represents hope and resistance.' "
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/tree-sitters-saving-old-growth.html#USPol #BorderWall #TrumpSucks #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #EndangeredSpecies
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A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection confirmed Monday that it was pausing activity on new groundwater wells near the border in Luna County and the Bootheel. But the agency is leaving its options open to use them in the future.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/feds-confirm-pause-for-border-water-wells/3095297
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A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection confirmed Monday that it was pausing activity on new groundwater wells near the border in Luna County and the Bootheel. But the agency is leaving its options open to use them in the future.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/feds-confirm-pause-for-border-water-wells/3095297
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GOP congressional candidate Greg Cunningham announced today that he had secured a halt to illegal water drilling near the border on his own.
So did a state lawmaker.
The sitting congressman and area ranchers aren’t clear what’s actually happening.
Happy Friday.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/gop-candidate-claims-win-on-border-water-drilling/3094290
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GOP congressional candidate Greg Cunningham announced today that he had secured a halt to illegal water drilling near the border on his own.
So did a state lawmaker.
The sitting congressman and area ranchers aren’t clear what’s actually happening.
Happy Friday.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/gop-candidate-claims-win-on-border-water-drilling/3094290
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https://www.fogolf.com/1335155/donald-trump-self-soothes-with-golf-and-ai-slop-after-public-meltdown/ Donald Trump Self-Soothes With Golf and AI Slop After Public Meltdown #BorderWall #CanadianWildfireSmoke #Correspondents #DonaldTrump #Golf #GolfNews #Iran #TrumpNationalGolfClub #WildfireSmoke
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Discussions among ranchers in southern Luna County, the Office of the State Engineer and the Department of Homeland Security continue over supplying water for border wall construction from the Columbus area west into the Bootheel.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/vasquez-calls-out-unauthorized-wells-in-luna-county/3088257
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Discussions among ranchers in southern Luna County, the Office of the State Engineer and the Department of Homeland Security continue over supplying water for border wall construction from the Columbus area west into the Bootheel.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/vasquez-calls-out-unauthorized-wells-in-luna-county/3088257
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The violence of "closed border" policy you don't see: migrants dying in the desert. This is Pima County alone, in June, not the entire US border region or entire year. The following report comes from https://humaneborders.org
The number of migrant deaths reported by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in June 2026 was 13.
Recently found individuals grouped by PMI (Post Mortem Interval):5 dead less than a day
5 dead less than 1 week
1 dead less than 3 weeks
2 dead more than 6-8 months
Total: 13
Updates for previous cases:
3 sets of previously recovered remains were removed from our database because they were found to belong with other sets of remains.
3 individuals were newly identified by name (1,638 cases remain unidentified)Total deaths currently recorded in our database: 4,486. To generate maps and data from your own custom queries you can consult our interactive mapping site at: https://humaneborders.info/
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The violence of "closed border" policy you don't see: migrants dying in the desert. This is Pima County alone, in June, not the entire US border region or entire year. The following report comes from https://humaneborders.org
The number of migrant deaths reported by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in June 2026 was 13.
Recently found individuals grouped by PMI (Post Mortem Interval):5 dead less than a day
5 dead less than 1 week
1 dead less than 3 weeks
2 dead more than 6-8 months
Total: 13
Updates for previous cases:
3 sets of previously recovered remains were removed from our database because they were found to belong with other sets of remains.
3 individuals were newly identified by name (1,638 cases remain unidentified)Total deaths currently recorded in our database: 4,486. To generate maps and data from your own custom queries you can consult our interactive mapping site at: https://humaneborders.info/
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Farmers and ranchers in Luna and Grant counties are calling for state authorities to intervene as Customs and Border Protection proceeds with drilling two new water wells — without permits or hydrological studies — in preparation for new border wall construction.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/ranchers-call-for-halt-to-water-drilling-for-border-wall/3080887
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Farmers and ranchers in Luna and Grant counties are calling for state authorities to intervene as Customs and Border Protection proceeds with drilling two new water wells — without permits or hydrological studies — in preparation for new border wall construction.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/ranchers-call-for-halt-to-water-drilling-for-border-wall/3080887
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The diocese has turned to federal court to oppose the Department of Homeland Security’s condemnation of about 14.3 acres of church land to close a border wall gap near the southern base of the peak. A hearing has been set later this month on the government’s request to take immediate possession of the land to begin construction.
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The diocese has turned to federal court to oppose the Department of Homeland Security’s condemnation of about 14.3 acres of church land to close a border wall gap near the southern base of the peak. A hearing has been set later this month on the government’s request to take immediate possession of the land to begin construction.
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Sunday’s pilgrimage comes as the Trump administration presses ahead with plans to construct a segment of border wall at the base of the mountain.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/bishops-to-lead-pilgrimage-amid-border-wall-plans/3070780
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Sunday’s pilgrimage comes as the Trump administration presses ahead with plans to construct a segment of border wall at the base of the mountain.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/bishops-to-lead-pilgrimage-amid-border-wall-plans/3070780
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At the same time #Trump is fighting the #Catholic Dioces in court to destroy an almost century old 25' #Jesus statue on 14 acres of Church owned land in Mount Cristo Rey with his stupidly expensive & ineffective vanity #BorderWall fence paid by American taxpayers. The Dioces said, “This Court should not bless this affront to religious liberty.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/catholic-diocese-says-trump-s-border-wall-desecrates-jesus-statue/ar-AA26doiB -
At the same time #Trump is fighting the #Catholic Dioces in court to destroy an almost century old 25' #Jesus statue on 14 acres of Church owned land in Mount Cristo Rey with his stupidly expensive & ineffective vanity #BorderWall fence paid by American taxpayers. The Dioces said, “This Court should not bless this affront to religious liberty.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/catholic-diocese-says-trump-s-border-wall-desecrates-jesus-statue/ar-AA26doiB -
#Trump's 2.0 #borderWall fence could wipe out three species found nowhere else on Earth but Quitobaquito. Legal efforts to halt Trump's ecological disaster seem unlikely to succeed so locals are developing desperate worst case longshot plans to save breading populations to avert their complete extinction if Trump's vanity fence completely destroys their home but some have never been successfully bred in captivity. Not Great.
https://azmirror.com/2026/06/24/trumps-second-border-wall-could-wipe-out-three-species-found-nowhere-else-but-quitobaquito/ -
#Trump's 2.0 #borderWall fence could wipe out three species found nowhere else on Earth but Quitobaquito. Legal efforts to halt Trump's ecological disaster seem unlikely to succeed so locals are developing desperate worst case longshot plans to save breading populations to avert their complete extinction if Trump's vanity fence completely destroys their home but some have never been successfully bred in captivity. Not Great.
https://azmirror.com/2026/06/24/trumps-second-border-wall-could-wipe-out-three-species-found-nowhere-else-but-quitobaquito/ -
Plans to build a border wall through Big Bend National Park are sparking concerns over the impact on Texas wilderness. #borderwall
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/13/texas-border-wall-big-bend-national-park
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Tohono O’odham Nation fights back against #BorderWall on its lands
https://ictnews.org/news/southwest-bureau/tohono-oodham-nation-fights-back-against-border-wall-on-its-lands/The #tribe is suing the federal government over what it says is an illegal wall
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Tohono O’odham Nation fights back against #BorderWall on its lands
https://ictnews.org/news/southwest-bureau/tohono-oodham-nation-fights-back-against-border-wall-on-its-lands/The #tribe is suing the federal government over what it says is an illegal wall
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“We have tried to work with the Department on the border wall issue, but it insists on rushing forward with construction,” Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose said in a statement. “We have been left with no other choice but to file suit to protect our land, our culture, and our rights.”
#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #NewMexico #IndigenousNews #TohonoOodham #BorderWall #CulturalGenocide #TribalLands #DHS #TohonoOodhamNation
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“We have tried to work with the Department on the border wall issue, but it insists on rushing forward with construction,” Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose said in a statement. “We have been left with no other choice but to file suit to protect our land, our culture, and our rights.”
#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #NewMexico #IndigenousNews #TohonoOodham #BorderWall #CulturalGenocide #TribalLands #DHS #TohonoOodhamNation
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#RussiaIsATerroristState and the world will yield a sigh of relief when the much joked about #SinoFinnishBorder becomes a reality!
But for God’s sake, when the #BorderWall is being built be sure to use giant wooden stakes for the #Moscow portion!
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#RussiaIsATerroristState and the world will yield a sigh of relief when the much joked about #SinoFinnishBorder becomes a reality!
But for God’s sake, when the #BorderWall is being built be sure to use giant wooden stakes for the #Moscow portion!
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#Alabama based #MAGA blessed #BorderWall builders #Caddell #Construction managers #arrested in #Italy this month on suspicion of #labor exploitation occuring on DJT's new $351 million #USembassy boondoggle.
The future palatial embassy in Milan is where prosecutors say #SouthAsian & #African #guestworker immigrant labor toiled for as low as $2 an hour on the building according to paystubs seen by #AssociatedPress. #Prosecutors found one construction mgr who was nabbed while boarding a flight to quickly exit the country while another was planning to flee.
One Kenyan told @AP "When you go to the office to ask any question, you are being told, ‘Either you work or you will be returned to your country. That’s the amount you are supposed to be paid,’’’ one Kenyan electrician said, adding that he was paid just 800 euros ($925) a month after being promised 2,300 euros ($2,660).
https://apnews.com/article/us-consulate-milan-caddell-labor-exploitation-9b77ab653aad4ffeab368de423920848 #DrumpfDisastour #GriftGoneWild #Worldwide
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#Alabama based #MAGA blessed #BorderWall builders #Caddell #Construction managers #arrested in #Italy this month on suspicion of #labor exploitation occuring on DJT's new $351 million #USembassy boondoggle.
The future palatial embassy in Milan is where prosecutors say #SouthAsian & #African #guestworker immigrant labor toiled for as low as $2 an hour on the building according to paystubs seen by #AssociatedPress. #Prosecutors found one construction mgr who was nabbed while boarding a flight to quickly exit the country while another was planning to flee.
One Kenyan told @AP "When you go to the office to ask any question, you are being told, ‘Either you work or you will be returned to your country. That’s the amount you are supposed to be paid,’’’ one Kenyan electrician said, adding that he was paid just 800 euros ($925) a month after being promised 2,300 euros ($2,660).
https://apnews.com/article/us-consulate-milan-caddell-labor-exploitation-9b77ab653aad4ffeab368de423920848 #DrumpfDisastour #GriftGoneWild #Worldwide