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September 22, 2020

Kumeyaay Land Defenders Arrested During Peaceful Border Wall Demonstration
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In California, two Kumeyaay land defenders were arrested Monday as the
community engages in an ongoing protest against Trump's border wall on
sacred land. Kumeyaay land defenders and allies have peacefully camped
and held prayer ceremonies along the wall's construction route in the
San Diego area for several weeks, successfully blocking the construction
of nearly a mile of the border wall. The Bureau of Land Management
yesterday presented an order to evict the camp, threatening protesters
with arrest if they don't leave. The camp has also faced surveillance
and harassment from Border Patrol and ICE, and local white supremacists.

In related news, Gizmodo reports Customs and Border Protection drones
conducted flyovers near the homes of Indigenous anti-pipeline activists,
including Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network.


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