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Arizona: Bulldozers Destroyed Protected Cacti to Clear Way for Trump Wall

HeadlineOct 15, 2019

In Arizona, a video has gone viral showing bulldozers destroying protected cacti to make way for the border wall, which is slated to cut through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, an international biosphere reserve. The Trump administration has waived 41 environmental rules in order to allow for border wall construction.

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