politics
Judge Refuses to Halt Trump Plan to Build Border Wall Along Tribal Lands
A federal judge for the District Court of the District of Columbia sided with the Trump administration by shutting down a request from a Native American tribal nation to block the southern border wall from spanning across their territory.
TL;DR
- A federal judge denied the Tohono O'odham Nation's request to block the southern border wall construction on their land.
- The judge ruled that the government's interests in border security outweigh the tribe's concerns about trespass and damage to their reservation.
- The Tohono O'odham Nation stated the wall will destroy sacred sites, damage the environment, and separate their people.
- The tribe is considering all possible options for moving forward.
- Approximately 700 miles of the border wall have been constructed so far.