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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Samuel Gilbert in the San Rafael Valley, Arizona

Trump’s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass

Section of Trump's border wall
A border wall section in the Coronado national forest in Arizona. Photograph: Cheney Orr/Zuma Press, Inc/Alamy

Donald Trump is forging ahead with a new section of border wall that will threaten wildlife in a remote area where many rare animals – but very few people – roam.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has invited private sector companies to bid for contracts to erect nearly 25 miles of barrier on the US-Mexico border, across the unwalled San Rafael Valley south of Tucson, Arizona, one of the most biodiverse regions in the US.

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