Border Patrol Raids Protest Camp, Removes Last Standing Cottonwood Tree

Border Patrol agents arrested protesters and cut down the last standing cottonwood tree in Lochiel, Arizona, for a double border wall. The tree, known as the 'grandmother tree,' was protected for 71 days by activists.

Why it matters. The removal of the tree and the construction of the border wall affect the local environment and indigenous activists' protests against the wall.