Armed Federal Agents Accompany Border-Wall Crews onto Tohono O’odham Nation
Armed federal agents accompanied border-wall contractors onto the Tohono O’odham Nation this week, escalating a dispute over the federal government’s plan to construct 62 miles of barrier along the Nation’s southern boundary. The Tohono O’odham Nation said approximately 20 armed and masked Customs and Border Protection officers entered before dawn on August 25. Contractors brought…