Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and Collateral Impacts to Communities and the Environment

Year

2008

Joint Oversight Field Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Joint with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans of the Committee on Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives.

Ned Norris, Jr., chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation, provided a witness statement (pg. 35 of PDF).

U.S.-Mexico border

border issues

environmental protection

Additional Information

People

Ned Norris, Jr.

Native Nations

Arizona

Tohono O'odham Nation

Resource Type

Testimony and Speeches

Topics

Governance

Laws and Codes

Citation

"Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and Collateral Impacts to Communities and the Environment." Joint Oversight Field Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Joint with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans of the Committee on Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives. One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session. Brownsville, Texas. April 28, 2008. Testimony.

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