Thread: Nogales City Council calls on feds to remove all border razor wire in the AZ. city

Border Officials Explain Added Wire To Nogales Wall

By JSALINAS 2 hours ago

In this Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 photo, U.S. Army troops place additional concertina wire to the border fence on a hillside above Nelson Street in downtown Nogales, Ariz.

(AP) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the new horizontal layers of razor wire were added to the border wall in Nogales, Arizona at a request for additional support. They did not say who made the request.

In a statement Wednesday night, the CBP says the request was for “high-risk urban areas commonly exploited by criminal smuggling organizations.” The CBP response came quickly after the Nogales City Council passed a resolution condemning the use of new razor wire that now covers the entirety of a tall border wall through downtown.

The council is calling on the federal government to remove all concertina wire installed within the city limits. Otherwise, Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino says it will result in a lawsuit.

The CBP says the new wires are on U.S. government property.

http://www.kurv.com/border-officials-explain-added-wire-to-nogales-wall/

They must not want the cartels business to be restricted.

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Originally Posted by Newmexican

They must not want the cartels business to be restricted.

I suspect it's not only cartel members the city is worried about. I imagine they also have lots of dual citizens, citizens, and their illegal alien family members that cross back and forth daily for various reasons to include things as basic as family visits.

Originally Posted by MW

I suspect it's not only cartel members the city is worried about. I imagine they also have lots of dual citizens, citizens, and their illegal alien family members that cross back and forth daily for various reasons to include things as basic as family visits.

Surely this would not interfere with the people crossing legally. They don't climb the fence with or without the razor wire. That being said, it is strange they put 5 rows of razor wire on this stretch of fence, when we have hundreds of miles with no razor wire, no fence at all.