Arizona to remove shipping container wall from Mexico border

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the federal government over trespassing on federal lands. The Biden administration and the Republican governor entered into an agreement that Arizona will cease installing the containers in any national forest, according to court documents filed Wednesday (Dec. 21, 2022) in U.S. District Court. The stipulation says Arizona must remove the shipping containers already present in southeastern Cochise County by Jan. 4, 2023. The resolution comes just two weeks before Democrat Katie Hobbs, who opposes the construction, is takes over as governor.