Deconstruction of Arizona’s Container Border Wall is Possible Due to Legal Challenges From Biden Administration

Video footage from Monday morning captured the deconstruction of the Arizona border container wall.

“Removing those containers allows people to walk straight across,” Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Supervisor told Fox News that the removal was underway before he spoke. “This adds to our already full plate.”

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Then-Gov. Doug Ducey constructed the container wall in Yuma during the summer to reduce the migration surge. He was open to it to have it removed After being confronted by legal challenges from Biden’s administration.

“My biggest fear is that the cartels and individuals from around the world see it as an invitation to crash our border,” Lines said. He also worries “that the human smuggling and the narcotic smuggling would escalate and destabilize this area to a point where it is dangerous for the citizens of Yuma.”

BIDEN’S FAILED BORDER POLICIES FORCED ARIZONA TO BUILD CONTAINER WALL, YUMA OFFICIAL SAYS

Aerial view of shipping container being installed to fill the gaps in the wall at the United States-Mexico border.
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An affiliate of ABC in your area captured footage of the removal Monday morning

Ducey’s administration began plugging gaps in the border wall with shipping containers in August — a necessary measure to mitigate President Biden’s failed policies, Lines previously told Fox News. A legal battle The negotiations with the federal government ended with the Republican governor agreeing to lift the barrier by January 4.

Lines reflect on Yuma before the construction of the container wall.

“We had drugs coming across that area and we had the human trafficking,” Fox News interviewed him. “And then we had large numbers of people camping out.”

Customs and Border Protection reports that nearly 1,000,000 migrants have passed Arizona’s southern frontier since Biden was elected. Between 2021 and 2022, the Yuma sector saw a 171% rise in migrant crossings.

Arizona began to remove shipping containers that were used to fill gaps in its border wall.
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Lines believes that local farmers can survive without a container wall. “would be forced to hire security again.”

Yuma officials stated that families have been reunited in a previous interview. hired armed security guards Migrants were repeatedly allowed into their homes by the authorities. Lines claims that thousands of migrants have also entered the city through farms, causing damage to crops.

“We absolutely must keep people out of our agricultural production areas for food security,” Lines reported Fox News.