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Ruben Gallego: “There has been very, very little to no tribal consultation…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 06:53

And the one concern I also have is that when it comes to building some of these installations on the border, There has been very, very little to no tribal consultation, especially with some of our border tribes, the Torah Nation, where we are building walls in areas that just doesn't have much. Much like esl. So I have problems with the English once in a while too. There's a border wall that is going through tribal land that is in very sacred land that is not crossed and used significantly by human smugglers. (06:53–07:08)

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Asserts a lack of tribal consultation for border wall construction affecting the Tohono O'odham Nation.

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