Border wall contractors take down cottonwood trees in Lochiel
"Tree-sit" by protestors spares "grandmother cottonwood," at least so far
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Organ Pipe monument closes roads to clear path for 2nd border wall constructionFederal officials have closed roads in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument as construction of new border wall segments ramps up along the Arizona-Mexico border.
The Arizona tree-sit protest has just entered its fourth week in the almost-ghost town of Lochiel, where a border wall contractor late last month used heavy machinery to topple three towering cottonwoods.
Three protesters dressed as endangered animals were arrested Monday after entering a restricted border wall construction site in Southern Arizona, authorities say.
