Hundreds peacefully protest border-wall construction's 'desecration of tribal lands' (Arizona)

[DesertRat]

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Arizona (Border Report) — In a remote desert wildlife refuge Saturday afternoon in southwestern Arizona, hundreds of people protested the construction of a border wall in what many say are “sacred” Native American lands.

Upwards of 500 people from throughout the Southwest turned out for the peaceful protest. Some brought their pets and children, while others wore costumes and carried signs showing opposition to the border wall that is being built at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument deep in the Sonoran Desert.

They chanted, “Sacred Lands, Sacred Life, Stop the Desecration,” and held signs and banners with messages like, “Protect Sacred Places,” “Migration is Natural,” “We all Belong,” “Build Bridges not Walls,” and “Walls are Wrong.”

“Walls don’t work. Walls never work,” said Gayle Weyers, 78, who lives in Ajo, Arizona, about 40 miles north of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Weyers is a member of the Ajo Samaritans, who leave water in the desert for migrants.

Her organization was among over a dozen represented by the protesters who came from throughout the Southwest including California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.

https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/the-border-wall/peaceful-protest-by-hundreds-in-southwest-arizona-against-desecration-of-tribal-lands-by-border-wall-construction/

[BlancheSplanchnik]

1. 😪 I hate scumbag's environmental destruction 😪💔