The state of Arizona will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border as part of a settlement of a lawsuit.
According to court documents, the Biden administration and the Republican governor entered into an agreement to stop the installation of containers in the national forest.
The agreement calls for Arizona to remove the containers that were already installed in the remote San Rafael Valley, in southeastern Cochise County, and in the Yuma area where the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has an easement. All this needs to be done by the 4th of January. State agencies will have to talk to the forest service.
The shipping containers were not a permanent fixture. He wanted the federal government to say when the remaining gaps in the border wall would be filled, as it had said a year ago.
The federal government has been trying to restart the construction of a border barrier. "After the situation on our border has turned into a full blown crisis, they've decided to act." I think it's better than never.
When it will start and how much it will cost are still being worked out.
Representatives for Customs and Border Protection did not return calls.
Two weeks before the new governor takes over, the resolution was passed.
The Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service are involved in the lawsuit.
The federal government owes it to Arizonans and all Americans to release a timetable, according to a letter from the governor.
Protesters held up work in recent days because they were concerned about the impact of the work on the environment.
The Supreme Court was asked to help keep the limits on asylum seekers in place before they expired. The court has not been asked to lift the restrictions before Christmas. It is not clear when the court will make a decision.
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