Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Activists in Arizona say they have occupied a new tree after CBP bulldozed a 150-year-old one that had been occupied for over two months in a bid to block wall construction. They have tried to block contractors, and CBP has arrested about 10 more people.

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  This is a report on activist efforts to block border wall construction in Arizona and subsequent arrests by federal agents.

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