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Ned Norris Jr.: A wall is extremely expensive for the American taxpayer, is ineffective in remote geographic areas like ours, and is…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
A wall is extremely expensive for the American taxpayer, is ineffective in remote geographic areas like ours, and is highly destructive to the religious, cultural and environmental resources on which our members rely and which make our ancestral lands sacred to our people.
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Ned Norris Jr.

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Ned Norris Jr. criticizes the border wall's cost and its impact on sacred lands.

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