{"id":1710531,"date":"2022-10-25T14:02:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710531"},"modified":"2022-10-25T14:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:03:18","slug":"arizona-adding-more-shipping-containers-along-southern-border-despite-biden-admin-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-adding-more-shipping-containers-along-southern-border-despite-biden-admin-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Adding More Shipping Containers Along Southern Border Despite Biden Admin Criticism"},"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-adding-more-shipping-containers-along-southern-border-despite-biden-admin-criticism%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=1710531&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--><p>Arizona has started using shipping containers to fill the gap in another section of the state\u2019s southern border with Mexico despite criticism from the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced the effort for Cochise County on Monday after federal officials told him to move previously installed containers.<\/p>\n<p>The new section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we continued to follow through on our promise to add physical barriers to the border where possible,\u201d Ducey tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Friday, we committed to moving forward with our Border Barrier Mission \u2013 undeterred by the Biden admin\u2019s efforts to reverse our progress.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we continued to follow through on our promise to add physical barriers to the border where possible. 1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eUk3LPD99E\">pic.twitter.com\/eUk3LPD99E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougDucey\/status\/1584682575075082240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unresolved border and public safety crisis caused by the Biden admin continues \u2013 in Arizona, we don\u2019t stand idly by when our citizens need us most. Arizona isn\u2019t afraid of a challenge. We will not back down. We will protect our state,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to expand the use of shipping containers to address the border crisis follows a lawsuit filed by Arizona last week to affirm the state\u2019s right to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur border communities are overwhelmed by illegal activity as a result of the Biden administration\u2019s failure to secure the southern border,\u201d Ducey said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/governor\/news\/2022\/10\/governor-ducey-arizona-border-barrier-mission-will-not-be-deterred\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizona is taking action to protest on behalf of our citizens. With this lawsuit, we\u2019re pushing back against efforts by federal bureaucrats to reverse the progress we\u2019ve made. The safety and security of Arizona and its citizens must not be ignored. Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do \u2014 secure the border in any way we can. We\u2019re not backing down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit came after Ducey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arizona-rejects-biden-administrations-demand-to-remove-shipping-container-border-barrier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused<\/a> to comply with a demand by the Biden administration to remove shipping containers in the Yuma area.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23132677\/reclamationlettertoducey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday to inform the administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizonans cannot \u2014 and will not \u2014 wait for federal bureaucrats to do their job and secure the border. We\u2019re taking action now,\u201d Ducey\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougDucey\/status\/1582766086952341505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Border Barrier Mission took <a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/governor\/news\/2022\/08\/governor-ducey-announces-border-wall-gaps-near-yuma-are-now-filled\">11 days<\/a> to fill 3,820 feet of gaps in the border wall, using 130 shipping containers to complete the project, according to Ducey\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona state Republican Sen. Sine Kerr also vowed that the state would not be stopped from protecting its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYuma has experienced a humanitarian and national security crisis for far too long. The Biden administration created this problem, they need to end it and stop this bureaucracy game,\u201d Kerr said in the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona has started using shipping containers to fill the gap in another section of the state\u2019s southern border with Mexico despite criticism from the Biden administration. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced the effort for Cochise County on Monday after federal officials told him to move previously installed containers. 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