Shipping containers fill in border gaps

Shipping containers are being stacked at the border… Here’s why. #arizona #border #news

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00:00There's new activity at the U.S.-Mexico border.

00:03State contractors in Arizona are using these shipping containers to fill in gaps along

00:06the wall.

00:07They are filling three gaps totaling 3,000 feet and topping the shipping containers with

00:10barbed wire.

00:12The Biden administration approved the completion of the border wall in this area back in July,

00:16but state officials say the promise has gone unfulfilled.

00:18In response, Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order to use state resources instead

00:23of federal and cited the Biden administration's lack of urgency on the matter.

00:27The makeshift construction comes after the end of the Remain in Mexico program, which

00:31required asylum seekers to return to Mexico while they waited for a court date.

00:35Local resources report being overwhelmed with migrants.

00:38Over the last three months, Arizona and other states have been sending buses of asylum seekers

00:42to Washington, D.C. and New York City.