ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT – Replanted saguaros stand like sentinels along a wide access road and a towering, 30-foot bollard barrier that’s part of construction ordered by then-President Donald
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by Kathy Melvin | Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Mark Adams, in the red hood, begins to gather participants at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Jenea Sanchez)
LOUISVILLE â On a cool Arizona Sunday afternoon, mission co-workers Miriam Maldonado Escobar and the Rev. Mark Adams gathered with group of Christians on the border between Agua Prieta, Mexico, and Douglas, Arizona, for a prayer pilgrimage in solidarity with the âNot Another Footâ movement to call for an end of the massive border wall spanning the entire Southern border of the United States.
âWe come here today with groups all along the border who are calling out ânot another foot,â a call to halt the continued destruction of Godâs Creation,â said Adams. âAt this border between two nations we come together as a common humanity to join our voices and to commit ourselves to working for the day when walls will not divide us and where borders will be places of encounter and not d
Construction worker for border project says no word on immediate pause following President Bidenâs order
âWeâre going to keep working.â
Lukeville border wall status By Carmen Valencia | January 21, 2021 at 10:11 PM MST - Updated January 21 at 10:12 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - President Joe Biden has delivered on one of his campaign promises, halting construction of the border wall. And in Lukeville, AZ. along the southern border, the work to build the steel wall is still in full swing.
Thatâs despite President Biden signing an executive order to stop the work.
A construction worker on the border project in Lukeville, who asked to remain anonynous, said his contractor still continues work despite the immediate pause.
On this edition of Your Call, we rebrodcast our discussion about the devastating environmental impacts of the Trump administration’s border wall. According to Defenders of Wildlife, 400 miles of wall along the southern US border will potentially impact 89 endangered species.
They include jaguars and gray wolves, 108 species of migratory birds, numerous wildlife refuges and protected wetlands. Native burial sites in Arizona were blasted for construction. How are border communities responding?
Guests:
Myles Traphagen, borderlands program coordinator for the Wildlands Network
Juan Mancias, chairman of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe in South Texas
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