Tribe accuses US federal agents of ‘trespassing’ on indigenous border land
An Indigenous tribe located between the United States and Mexico has accused US federal agents and construction workers of illegally trespassing on its land to begin work on a controversial border wall in the state of Arizona. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Tohono O’odham Nation said “approximately 20 masked, armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents” accompanied construction workers to three locations before dawn.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: In a statement released on Tuesday, the Tohono O’odham Nation said “approximately 20 masked, armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents” accompanied construction workers to three locations before dawn.
- Fact 2: The conflict stretches back to Trump’s first term in office, from 2017 to 2021, when he proposed a border-spanning barrier to deter irregular migration into the US.
- Fact 3: A federally recognised tribe of around 37,000 members, the Tohono O’odham Nation sits along roughly 100km (62 miles) of the US-Mexico border.
- Fact 4: It claims that cross-border detentions have dropped by more than 95 percent as a result of that work.
An Indigenous tribe located between the United States and Mexico has accused US federal agents and construction workers of illegally trespassing on its land to begin work on a controversial border wall in the state of Arizona. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Tohono O’odham Nation said “approximately 20 masked, armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents” accompanied construction workers to three locations before dawn.
Second US military zone along border with Mexico set up to deter migrants US border wall construction damaged Native burial site: Government report US border national parks increasingly fortified by surveillance The statement added that CBP prevented tribal police from issuing trespassing citations to the contractors. CBP had cordoned off the area with a “vehicle blockade” and deployed a special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team to protect the contractors, according to Tohono O’odham authorities. Mexican police had also been deployed to keep watch, the statement said, also noting the presence of a “tethered balloon” for surveillance purposes.
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Original source: Al Jazeera