Ancient Native American burial site blasted for construction of President Trump's border wall.
Bulldozing is also occurring at the park's Quitobaquito Springs, a natural source of water for the tribe and near where artifacts and human bone fragments have been found, Grijalva said.
"The Trump Administration is bulldozing through sacred sites to act on a campaign talking point, no matter the cost to the people of Southern Arizona," the congressman told NBC News in a statement."This destruction of the cultural heritage of the Tohono O'odham people for the purpose of building a monument to his racist policies is irreparable."
Grijalva said he is working with the Tohono O'odham Nation to demand the Department of Homeland Security"stop this assault on sacred sites."The federal waivers it requested last year were vague in describing how many miles are needed and the locations for the border wall project, , although the Center for Biological Diversity said it estimates the plans include about 100 miles in Arizona and California along the southern border.
The wall's construction has become a central theme of President Donald Trump's immigration policy. During hisThe Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation includes 62 miles of border between Arizona and Mexico.
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