{"id":1704734,"date":"2022-10-20T17:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T21:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704734"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T21:52:36","slug":"arizona-refuses-to-comply-with-biden-demand-to-remove-makeshift-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-refuses-to-comply-with-biden-demand-to-remove-makeshift-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Refuses to Comply With Biden Demand to Remove Makeshift Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-refuses-to-comply-with-biden-demand-to-remove-makeshift-border-wall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.20-12.10-thepoliticalinsider-63513a9cadb3a.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs is refusing a demand by the Biden administration to remove the shipping containers they are using to close gaps in the wall at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/arizona-refuses-us-demand-remove-containers-border-91766831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter written to the<\/a> U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and signed by Allen Clark, Director of Arizona\u2019s DEMA, states \u201cthe containers will remain in place until specific details regarding construction are provided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark goes on to argue that the residents of Arizona \u201ccannot rely on the federal government to ensure its security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe myriad of federal agencies that claim jurisdiction on the southern border but do nothing to prevent the public nuisance caused by illegal immigration and criminal activity that exploits the open border is quite frustrating to those that live, work and recreate on that border and in our state,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arizona is refusing the federal government\u2019s demand to take down double-stacked shipping containers it placed to fill gaps in the border wall. It says it won\u2019t do so until the U.S. moves to construct a permanent barrier. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9cfdc47RGd\">https:\/\/t.co\/9cfdc47RGd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1582911481074667521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/arizona-governor-issues-order-to-close-gaps-in-the-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Governor Issues Order To Close Gaps In The Border Wall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Arizona Refuses to Remove Shipping Containers<\/h3>\n<p>The letter comes in response to a demand by the Biden administration to remove the shipping containers that are predominantly being used to seal up gaps in the border wall near Yuma.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation penned its <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/3694229-biden-administration-demands-arizona-remove-shipping-containers-in-gaps-along-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own letter last week<\/a> claiming Arizona\u2019s shipping containers are trespassing on its lands and those of the Cocopah Indian Tribe\u2019s West Reservation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bureau indicates contracts have been awarded to close the gaps in question and they \u2018anticipate\u2019 awarding more.<\/p>\n<p>As such, they insisted the containers be removed so the project can continue \u201cwithout unnecessary delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Biden Administration Demands Arizona Stop Doing the Federal Government\u2019s Job on the Border<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OSroJRf0aR\">https:\/\/t.co\/OSroJRf0aR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RedState (@RedState) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedState\/status\/1582781121791938562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/watch-foxs-doocy-confronts-karine-jean-pierre-over-biden-finishing-trumps-racist-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: Fox\u2019s Doocy Confronts Karine Jean-Pierre Over Biden Finishing Trump\u2019s \u2018Racist\u2019 Border Wall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Arizona Has Had Enough<\/h3>\n<p>Odd though, isn\u2019t it, that the Biden administration is suddenly concerned about unnecessary delays when the President halted construction of the border wall on his first day in office?<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Republican Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order to seal up gaps in the border wall in August.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning the White House had no less than 18 months to get those contracts awarded and pushed out to start construction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCOOP: Inside Biden\u2019s big push to force Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to remove shipping containers he placed in gaps in border wall absent a federal fix for 18 months<\/p>\n<p>Feds offer to put up \u201ctemporary mesh fencing\u201d in 2023<\/p>\n<p>Ducey office says too little too late<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XxoW9upEXO\">https:\/\/t.co\/XxoW9upEXO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aIAgIIPruO\">pic.twitter.com\/aIAgIIPruO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1582911197619576832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shipping containers stand 22 feet high, are welded together, and feature an additional four feet of razor wiring added to the top.<\/p>\n<p>Ducey\u2019s reasoning behind installing the containers includes the Biden administration\u2019s \u201clack of urgency on border security,\u201d which he labeled a \u201cdereliction of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizona has had enough,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Arizona has begun building a 1,000-foot barrier of shipping containers along the Yuma border, citing lack of action on border wall construction. LATEST: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67wDGWEF0h\">https:\/\/t.co\/67wDGWEF0h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m7rqT9lajQ\">pic.twitter.com\/m7rqT9lajQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abc15\/status\/1558153651654311936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Political Insider\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/biden-to-finish-section-of-trumps-border-wall-and-democrats-have-yet-to-call-him-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported in July<\/a> that the Biden administration had authorized closing four major gaps in the construction of the border wall near Yuma, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reporter Peter Doocy confronted the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, at the time regarding news that the administration would be finishing a wall she once called \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BORDER: \u201cIs This Racist?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox Correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pdoocy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PDoocy<\/a> asks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre why the Biden Administration is filling border wall gaps in Arizona, despite campaign promises. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kYI2E4GjJS\">pic.twitter.com\/kYI2E4GjJS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1553109326314733569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now they want Arizona to tear down what they\u2019ve constructed just so contractors can come in and do the job that President Biden halted in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>A shining example of government at its most efficient.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona\u2019s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs is refusing a demand by the Biden administration to remove the shipping containers they are using to close gaps in the wall at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1704738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1704734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1704738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}