The Tohono O'odham Nation: US Threatens and Promises Destruction while Building Border Wall
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By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 16, 2026
The Tohono O'odham Legislature said today that their Nation and way of life are under attack by the federal government, while the U.S. government threatens and feels assured of its power to violate the rights of a sovereign nation.
Homeland Security plans to begin removing O'odham relatives, the Saguaro, and Ocotillo, in two weeks. The government plans to start building the wall on December 1. More than half of the 2,000 Saguaro and Ocotillo will not survive, even if they are transplanted, the tribe said.
Last week, the Border Patrol told the tribe that the prayer camp at San Miguel Gate would be removed and the people "manhandled." O'odham at the sacred fire were able to move further from the international boundary, the tribe said.
Condemning the Border Patrol's action, the Tohono O'odham Legislature said O'odham have a right to freedom of speech, freedom of worship and to peacefully assemble.
Reporter John Carlos Frey said that Border Patrol stormed the Tohono O’odham prayer camp with rifles raised while families slept inside. At 3:28 am in the morning, Border Patrol agents stormed the camp. Awakened, the fire keepers heard a gun being chambered by an agent with a long gun. The fire keepers' log lists 665 sightings of drones and helicopters and surveillance. Listen to the report on Wednesday morning:
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While Homeland Security says it has a right to build the wall 60 feet from the border, the tribe said it knows the destruction of building the double border wall will extend further and destroy mountains and peaks.
While Homeland Security says it has a right to build the wall 60 feet from the border, the tribe said it knows the destruction of building the double border wall will extend further and destroy mountains and peaks.
The Court of Appeals in Washington will rule soon on an emergency order to stop Homeland Security, the tribe said. Homeland Security says it has a right to build the wall with more lighting, surveillance, staging areas and cameras and towers.
The tribal government said today it has been fighting to stop the wall in court, in Congress, and in meetings with the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and Border Patrol, but Homeland Security says "the call is coming, and we need to be prepared," the tribe said.
Read the tribe's full statement:
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