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I spent time in Organ Pipe trying to understand what a wall meant for the land and why Trump chose there to build. I spoke with a Sinaloa Cartel connected smuggler, environmentalists, and Tohono O'odham whose lives will he changed. I hope you'll read it 1/
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43 miles are going up in Organ Pipe and will end at the edge of the Tohono O'odham Nation. So O'odhamn land will soon become the largest unwalled section in Arizona and we know what happens next: Migrants will die crossing the border there. businessinsider.com/trump-border-w…
The smuggler I spoke to wasn't even bothered by the new wall going up, because those areas are the cheapest to cross. The best paying are through a port of entry, where they bribe customs officials. And no wall can stop that.
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The main character of the story is an O'odham woman, was one of the most interesting people I've met. She's defiant, hung out with Subcommandante Marcos, and despite being 63 years old is still trying to take it to the government businessinsider.com/trump-border-w…
Thanks so much to @HarringtonBecca for the great edits. @sidhubaba for hooking up the story. And @caitlin_oh and @ashponders for the photos—and sharing tacos in the desert. #longreads #SundayLR
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And of course this has a typo.... another reason to be thankful for editors...
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