{"id":1776505,"date":"2022-12-15T13:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1776505"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:18:57","slug":"biden-doj-sues-arizona-over-border-wall-made-of-shipping-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-sues-arizona-over-border-wall-made-of-shipping-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden DOJ Sues Arizona Over Border Wall Made of Shipping Containers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-doj-sues-arizona-over-border-wall-made-of-shipping-containers%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=1776505&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/12\/k-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and his administration over the use of shipping containers to build a wall along the state\u2019s southern border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday, claiming that the project trespasses on federal property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23460464\/united-states-v-ducey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> argues.<\/p>\n<p>The legal move comes after Ducey issued an executive order in August directing the state\u2019s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to begin a Yuma County project. The 3,820 feet of the previously open border was closed with 130 shipping containers in just 11 days.<\/p>\n<p>The project then expanded to other parts of the border, with 6,680 feet of containers stacked two-high throughout Cochise County by early November. That section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cochise County Border Barrier update \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>6,680 feet<br \/>334 shipping containers<br \/>2 weeks<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re not slowing down yet! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vzxGj1xsGN\">pic.twitter.com\/vzxGj1xsGN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougDucey\/status\/1589730486607568897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October, the state filed its own lawsuit to affirm its right to continue using the shipping containers to help curb unlawful crossings.<\/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\u00a0<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 containers in the Yuma County area. Arizona officials <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23132677\/reclamationlettertoducey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the Biden administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has warned that Ducey\u2019s containers have interfered with land near both the Morelos Dam and land belonging to the Cocopah Indian Tribe\u2019s West Reservation. It has also argued the barriers interfere with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s future project to fill holes in the existing wall.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, environmental activists have recently targeted Ducey\u2019s shipping container project. The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/12\/13\/arizona-border-wall-shipping-containers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> efforts by climate activists to halt the container border wall, including using their bodies to stand in the way of machinery and sitting on containers in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Ducey leaves office in January, with Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs set to take over. She is expected to stop any further container wall work along the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not land that\u2019s our land to put things on. That\u2019s one problem. The containers aren\u2019t working. There\u2019s many pictures of people climbing over them,\u201d Hobbs <a href=\"https:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/1831920\/gov-elect-hobbs-says-she-will-stop-construction-shipping-container-wall-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a political stunt. It\u2019s a visual barrier that is not actually providing an effective barrier to entry, and I think a waste of taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing Arizona Republican Gov. 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