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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anita Snow

HISTORICAL FACTS: Arizona s shipping container wall on border is coming down edec3993 9575 4fe3 bb27 1119a52e699d | History Defined

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Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's border barrier of shipping containers has been largely dismantled in time for a new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars over just a few months as they were set up and taken down again.

Removal of the hulking red, gold and blue steel boxes is creating a stark visual shift in affected sections of Arizona's southern landscape as a new governor takes power and another $76 million in state funds is spent to remove the containers on top of the $95 million it cost to put them there.

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