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December 5, 2019

Tucson Joins Pima County in Lawsuit over Trump's Border Wall
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In Arizona, the Tucson City Council has voted unanimously to join Pima
County in taking part in a lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of
Trump's border wall in three sensitive environmental areas: the Organ
Pipe Cactus National Monument, the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife
Refuge and the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. The Trump
administration waived a slew of environmental laws in order to speed up
construction in the protected areas, which are also sacred lands to
Tohono O'odham people and other Indigenous communities.


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