{"id":49343,"date":"2026-08-16T22:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=49343"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:10:59","slug":"federal-judge-rules-against-tohono-oodham-nation-on-border-wall-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=49343","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge rules against Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation on border wall project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">A federal judge in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128335\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona<\/a> cleared the path for border wall construction in the state after a Native American tribe attempted to block its construction.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation had argued that constructing the border wall along its southern border with Mexico would constitute illegal trespassing on tribal lands as well as effectively shrink the reservation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128336\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/federal-judges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge Richard Leon<\/a> noted in his ruling a federal proclamation in 1907 that the first 60 feet of the reservation could be taken for federal use.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Given the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128337\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national security<\/a> and foreign policy considerations related to the border wall, deference to the government is warranted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128338\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/america-first-immigration-overhaul-bill-would-codify-trumps-campaign-promises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8216;AMERICA FIRST&#8217; IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL BILL WOULD CODIFY TRUMP&#8217;S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ONCE AND FOR ALL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/343\/192\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/686\/384\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/672\/378\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1344\/756\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/931\/523\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1862\/1046\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/720\/405\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1440\/810\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1200\/675\/AP20302727965496.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Contractors erect a section of border wall, replacing smaller fortifications, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, along the Colorado River in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Matt York)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Contractors erect a section of border wall, replacing smaller fortifications, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, along the Colorado River in Yuma, Arizona.<\/span> <!----><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Members of the Tohono O&#8217;odham Nation had erected &#8220;no trespassing&#8221; signs in reaction to federal workers visiting the border sites to scope out construction.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The reservation&#8217;s shared <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128339\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/location-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">border with Mexico<\/a> extends roughly 62 miles.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;ANY construction related activities to the illegal and destructive border wall be warned, informed of trespass and escorted off the Nation&#8217;s land by law enforcement,&#8221; the tribe wrote on its Facebook page on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Judge Leon pointed to a proclamation by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907 stating that all public land within 60 feet of an international boundary is under the exclusive control of the federal government.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/teddy-roosevelt-at-his-desk.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"teddy roosevelt at his desk\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt at his Washington D.C. office on Feb. 10, 1903.<\/span> <span>(History Archive\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The proclamation argued it was necessary &#8220;as a protection against the smuggling of goods between the United States and the Republic of Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Leon further noted that the Tohono nation was not declared a reservation until 1917, after Roosevelt&#8217;s proclamation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The legal win for for the federal government comes after President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128340\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/a> administration celebrated 15 consecutive months of having zero border releases at the U.S.-Mexico border last week.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128341\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/border-closed-thanks-president-trump-virginia-doesnt-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>OPINION: THE BORDER IS CLOSED THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. IN VIRGINIA, THAT DOESN\u2019T MATTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Homeland Security Secretary <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128342\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/markwayne-mullin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markwayne Mullin&#8217;s<\/a> office said daily apprehensions at the border are down 94% compared to former President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration and are at the lowest level seen in 30 years.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/markwayne-mullin-dhs-sec.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Holds News Conference Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on July 17, 2026.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin addressed governors on immigration policy before facing criticism over comments about legal immigration reform.<\/span> <span>(Jim Lo Scalzo\/EPA\/Bloomberg\/Getty Image)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Again this month, the results are clear: President Trump\u2019s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128343\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/border-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">border security<\/a> agenda is restoring order and putting the safety of the American people first,&#8221; Mullin said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;DHS remains focused on enforcing our <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_4128345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">immigration laws<\/a>, securing the border, and ensuring those who enter our country illegally are removed swiftly. 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