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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.