American citizens – including members of the Tohono O’odham Nation – were tear gassed by law enforcement near the Border Patrol checkpoint on State Route 85 in southern Arizona.

National Park Service officials at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument announced a road closure that will block access to Quitobaquito Springs.

At least forty-seven species of birds that recently depended upon spring-fed habitats have not been recorded at the Quitobaquito oasis in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument since the border wall construction began nearly a year ago. This new finding from ecologists and ornithologists suggests that a quarter of the riparian...

In February, President Trump claimed that reinforcing the border wall would prevent the virus from entering the U.S., but COVID-19 was already beginning to spread in the states. “I don’t think the virus checks on borders.”   Tim Steller, The Arizona Daily Star   Before the novel coronavirus claimed its...

Moreover, it is unconscionable that construction on this wall should continue when the over $18 billion Trump has pursued for this wall could be much better used to address the needs of healthcare workers and hospitals, and help support those who have been deeply affected by the pandemic. Right now,...