Border wall cuts Tohono O'odham nation in half

[Gxg (G²)]

Are there any plans for others in practical resistance toward the wall?

 

[tadoflamb]

Are there any plans for others in practical resistance toward the wall?

I haven't heard anything yet. At this point looking at the geography and the logistics of getting a legal workforce on location to construct it, talk of building a wall on the Tohono O'odham nation seems like a joke. But we'll see.

Thanks for those two excellent posts BTW.

 

[Gxg (G²)]

I haven't heard anything yet. At this point looking at the geography and the logistics of getting a legal workforce on location to construct it, talk of building a wall on the Tohono O'odham nation seems like a joke. But we'll see.

Thanks for those two excellent posts BTW.

Appreciate you letting me know

 

[tadoflamb]

Tohono O'odham leaders: Trump's wall won't rise on tribal borderland

 

[tadoflamb]

 

[Shiloh Raven]

US-Mexico Border Wall Fiasco: Morales Tells Mexico ‘Look to the South’ - Indian Country Media Network

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Border Wall May Negatively Affect 111 Endangered Species - Planet Experts

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Sharing two recent articles I found on how the border wall would affect the Tohono O'odham Nation.

‘The Border Wall Would Destroy a Lot of Families’

Secretary Zinke confirms role in talking to tribes about unwanted border wall

 

[Fantine]

It seems as if no contractors are interested in building the wall. If worse came to worst, perhaps,some sort of easement could be granted allowing the wall to be moved to one side or another.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Excerpt from the article: Border Wall Bad for Environment: Suit

Opponents file suit to block border wall on environmental grounds.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, and the Center for Biological Diversity challenged President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall on environmental grounds on Wednesday April 12, going to court to force the administration to follow environmental protection laws before starting construction.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson charges that the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have failed to abide by the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires an environmental analysis of the proposed border wall before construction.

Grijalva and the center are calling on the agencies to “conduct an in-depth investigation of the proposal’s environmental impacts,” according to a news release from Grijalva’s office. That goal was echoed by a Randy Serraglio, the center’s Southwest conservation advocate, who said he is hoping for “good, sound scientific analysis” of the wall’s environmental impact to come out of the suit.

 

[Robinus]

Border Wall May Negatively Affect 111 Endangered Species - Planet Experts

This negative effect on animals is at variance with official Catholic teaching .

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches " Animals, like plants and inanimate beings, are by nature destined for the common good of past, present, and future humanity. Use of the mineral, vegetable, and animal resources of the universe cannot be divorced from respect for moral imperatives. Man's dominion over inanimate and other living beings granted by the Creator is not absolute; it is limited by concern for the quality of life of his neighbour, including generations to come; it requires a religious respect for the integrity of creation.

" Animals are God's creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory. Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which saints like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri treated animals . "