July 22, 2026
A D.C. federal judge appeared reluctant Wednesday to hand the Tohono O'odham Nation a preliminary injunction blocking the construction of 62 miles of border wall within what the tribe claims are its lands, saying that what the tribe was asking him to do was unprecedented.
July 08, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with the backing of Arizona's top legislative leaders, is seeking to dismiss the Tohono O'odham Nation's bid to block construction of 62 miles of border wall, arguing it's well within its authority to build the structure to address national and public safety threats.
June 18, 2026
An Arizona Indigenous nation is asking a D.C. federal court to block the Department of Homeland Security from constructing a 62-mile border wall through its reservation, alleging that reports of federal contractors destroying ancestral sites in adjacent areas confirm the tribe's decision to oppose the wall construction.