The Trump administration has begun work on a project to build a stretch of border wall in southern Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Aug. 25 that the wall project is located along “one of the most dangerous smuggling and trafficking corridors on the Southwest border.”
The wall segment is part of a $46.6 billion effort by the Trump administration to fill the border with 30-foot steel bollard walls, vehicle barriers, and technology designed to stop illegal immigration.
A federal judge permitted the government to move forward with construction earlier this month.
Authorities said the desert spanning the Tohono O’odham Nation is a hotspot for drug smuggling….