Arizona sues Biden administration over border wall: ‘We’re not backing down’

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Republican-led Arizona has sued the Biden administration over a state-installed border barrier with Mexico, a major move meant to settle in court whether states have the legal authority to defend themselves absent federal help.

Gov. Doug Ducey (R-AZ) announced Friday afternoon that the state has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, asking a judge to intervene in its fight with Washington Democrats over less than a mile of shipping containers that the state installed on the border in August.

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