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Bisbee City Council denounces concertina wire

Posted at 1:49 PM, Feb 20, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-20 15:49:35-05

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bisbee City Council denounced the use of concertina wire along the border.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved a resolution denouncing the use of concertina wire as an unauthorized border-crossing deterrent by the federal government along the U.S.-Mexican border, said Bisbee city employee Ashley Coronado.

The wire placed on border fencing in Nogales has drawn the ire of the Nogales, Ariz. government.

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