The Arizona governor decides to take action on Border Wall Gaps as the Border crisis continues to threaten national security under the Biden administration.
On Friday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order to fill the gaps in the Yuma border wall. along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Ducey also blasted the U.S. President Joe Biden and blamed him for a delay in the wall’s construction.
According to Ducey, the executive order will “immediately fill the gaps in the Yuma border wall.”
“Arizona has had enough….The Biden administration’s lack of urgency on border security is a dereliction of duty. For the last two years, Arizona has made every attempt to work with Washington to address the crisis on our border,” Ducey said in the recent official statement.
“Time and time again we’ve stepped in to clean up their mess. Arizonans can’t wait any longer for the federal government to deliver on their delayed promises.” He added.
Governor Ducey’s move came two weeks after the Biden administration declared that it was finally going to work on closing several gaps of the border wall near Yuma, Arizona.
On July 29, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas released a statement, announcing that he had “authorized U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to execute the Yuma Morelos Dam Project to close four gaps located within an incomplete border barrier project near the Morelos Dam in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector.”
“MPP has endemic flaws, imposes unjustifiable human costs, and pulls resources and personnel away from other priority efforts to secure our border.” Mayorkas added.
The statement also acknowledged the risks that the crisis poses to migrants who are attempting to cross the border.
“Due to the proximity to the Morelos Dam and the swift moving Colorado River, this area presents safety and life hazard risks for migrants attempting to cross into the United States where there is a risk of drownings and injuries from falls. This area also poses a life and safety risk to first responders and agents responding to incidents in this area,” the statement said.
Moreover, Ducey also noted that his executive order came after President Biden declared the lifting of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, officially known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) which was imposed by former President Donald Trump in an attempt to return the illegal immigrants to Mexico and had them stay there until their asylum case was approved by the U.S. immigration system.
