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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Arizona sues US over containers along border with Mexico

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The state of Arizona has sued the federal government to be able to keep more than 100 double-stacked shipping containers that Republican Gov. Doug Ducey had placed to fill in gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border near the southwestern desert community of Yuma.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Arizona on Friday asks that the state be allowed to take the unilateral action it believes necessary to defend its residents from migrants illegally crossing the border.

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