Ned Norris Jr.

That is not consultation. That is not government-to-government consultation.

It is hard to see the blasting that you showed on the video today because I know in my heart and what our elders have told us and what we have learned that that area is home to our ancestors.

Regardless of whether or not these sites are on or off the Tohono O'odham Nation, we are on this reservation not because we wanted to be on this reservation, but our ancestral lands extended well beyond where our current reservation land…

There have been desecrations. There has been blasting. There have been artifacts. There have been remains that have been ruined and forever lost.

I find it very hard to believe that the effort will help protect sacred sites when, in fact, to the contrary, that has not been what was going on now.

Preservation of history and culture of O'odham is not just important to the Tohono O'odham Nation. It is important to the preservation of the history and culture of the United States.

A statutory consultation requirement would help put an end to the frequent disregard for our concerns, our expertise, and our right to self-determination.

Look at the reaction when Notre Dame burned down. You feel an emotional connection to that, even if you're not Catholic.

It's time to rethink how we do border and push for a new vision that introduces a 21st century border governance model that expands public safety to all, creates a welcoming system for newcomers and residents, and protects human rights and…

Border communities are not over-run horrifying, dangerous war zones. They are safe. They are quiet.

The idea that we need to suspend the rule of law, and that only our safe communities get the rule of law suspended is, frankly, offensive to many people that I know.

Fragments of human remains were observed in the tire tracks of the heavy construction equipment. Barriers of the border road now cross the site. Imagine a bulldozer parking in your family graveyard turning up bones.