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Border Wall construction crews were escorted on to the Tohono O'odham Nation by masked and armed federal agents, and began drilling immediately today. Photo: Tohono O'odham Nation
NOW! Border Wall Construction Crews on Tohono O'odham Nation
Update: Just before noon today, the contractor's drill was set up, surrounded by a swarm of US Border Patrol agents. The Tohono O'odham Nation said the
Border Patrol has set up a vehicle barrier to prevent tribal police from entering the area on their tribal land and issuing citations. The heavy-handed U.S. security on tribal land at the site includes the U.S. Border Patrol special ops which is the BORTAC SWAT team based in El Paso; BIA officers, and Border Patrol from Tucson. Mexico's police have been deployed to protect border wall contractors from Mexico's south side.
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 26, 2026
SELLS, TOHONO O'odham Nation -- The Tohono O'odham Nation said that twenty masked and armed federal agents from Tucson entered their sovereign tribal land accompanying border wall construction crews at 4 am on Tuesday, in violation of tribal sovereignty.
The U.S. Border Patrol has police in Mexico on standby on the south side of the border, ready to deploy to assist the U.S. government and to protect construction crews, the tribe said.
The U.S. plans to build a double wall with a service road, and heavy equipment staging area on tribal land, without consent, the documents state in the recent federal court case. A federal judge ruled against the tribe, and denied an injunction to stop construction of the double walls with a service road.
The U.S. plans to build a double wall with a service road, and heavy equipment staging area on tribal land, without consent, the documents state in the recent federal court case. A federal judge ruled against the tribe, and denied an injunction to stop construction of the double walls with a service road.
Mexico's Police Protecting Contractors on O'odham Land
On Wednesday, Mexico's police were deployed to the border on the southside, ancestral O'odham land, after the U.S. requested them to provide additional security for border wall contractors who are now illegally on the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation land and drilling. The border wall crews are surrounded by BORTAC, border patrol special ops, BIA cops and Border Patrol agents from Tucson for the protection of border wall contractors.
The U.S. Border Patrol set up a vehicle barrier to prevent tribal police from issuing citations.
Tohono O'odham Nation said construction crews were escorted on to tribal land by masked and armed federal agents.
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| Border Wall Town Hall in Ajo, Arizona. Photo by International Sonoran Desert Alliance. |
Border Wall Town Hall in Ajo, Arizona, on Monday
Arizona Congresswoman Adelita S. Grijalva joined Tohono O'odham leaders for a Border Wall Town Hall in the border town of Ajo, Arizona, on Monday.
After visiting the sacred springs, Grijalva said, "Quitobaquito Springs is a sacred and cultural site home to endangered species that Trump wants to bulldoze through for an unnecessary second wall."
Grijalva was referring to three endangered species, a snal, pupfish and mud turtle, who make their home here.
"I'm urging the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Interior to halt construction immediately and will introduce legislation to stop DHS from waiving crucial laws in order to speed up border-wall construction."
"Trump can't bulldoze tribal sovereignty!"
Quitobaquito Springs is a place of prayer and ceremony for O'odham at Organ Pipe National Monument. This is the ancestral land of O'odham and located near the western boundary of the Tohono O'odham Nation.
After the invasion, Grijalva urges the Department of Homeland Security and the Interior Department to immediately halt construction until real consultation occurs, and Congress is fully informed.
In a letter, Grijalva said this applies to both the Tohono O'odham Nation and adjacent ancestral O'odham land. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12xb9IsxuPlEjz_akZKYF-VsSmhBb67pd/view?pli=1
Congressman Greg Stanton, Arizona, points out the failure of the U.S. government to consult with Tribal Chairman Verlon Jose.
Sending masked, armed agents onto Tohono O’odham land and blocking Tribal police from their duties is an unacceptable violation of Tribal sovereignty
"DHS Secretary Mullin should immediately de-escalate, honor the government-to-government relationship, and work with Chairman Jose to address the Nation’s concerns directly."
Previously at Censored News
Federal Court Denies Tohono O'odham Nation an Injunction to Halt Border Wall Construction
Article copyright Censored News 2026
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