Footing the bill: Doug Ducey's shipping container barrier will cost AZ taxpayers $200M

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Footing the bill: Doug Ducey's shipping container barrier will cost AZ taxpayers $200M
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Arizona taxpayers will foot the bill for to put up and take down former Gov. Doug Ducey's shipping container border barrier.

In an email, Rose said AshBritt was recommended to the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs by their emergency management partners.paid the Federal Election Commission

a $125,000 settlement after the company contributed to America First Action, a super PAC that supports former President Donald Trump. AshBritt donated $500,000 to America First Action in 2018 while they had a contract with the Defense Department, violating a law that prohibits government contractors from contributing to political committees.When asked if the Department of Administration was aware of the contribution prior to awarding AshBritt the contract, Rose said the company had no active or inactive exclusions with the System for Award Management, which was checked prior to the signing of the contract.

Robin Silver, a co-founder of the Center for Biological Diversity, similarly denounced the barrier for its harmful environmental effects and underscored how the millions of dollars could have been spent to support other state institutions. The money, Silver argued, could have been used to improve the immigration system in Arizona by facilitating asylum processing and increasing the number of immigration judges.

“$200 million spent in Arizona would go a long way to really helping to alleviate some of the misery that are experiencing,” Silver said. “They're humans, that's where we should be spending our money, not on some racist stunt.”Ducey’s decision to remove the shipping containers came about a week after the U.S.

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