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DHS Accused of Intimidating Tohono O'odham Nation Over Border Wall

Original: As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones

Federal authorities are pressing ahead with border wall construction across the Tohono O'odham Nation's land, deploying surveillance towers, drones and masked agents that tribal members describe as intimidation. For decades the Nation worked with the Department of Homeland Security on border enforcement while resisting a wall that would cut through their community. ProPublica reports the Trump administration is pushing the project forward despite that long cooperation, dividing tribal land and straining relations.

Why now: New reporting on federal border enforcement tactics targeting a Native American nation has drawn attention amid the Trump administration's expanded wall push.

Tohono O'odham NationDepartment of Homeland SecurityDonald TrumpProPublicaUS-Mexico border

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Evidence

• As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones · ProPublica

  For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their community.

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