On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss new reporting from The Intercept, which found that the Trump administration bulldozed a 1,000-year-old archaeological site called the Las Playas Intaglio to make room for a second border wall.
The Trump administration, which has allocated more than $11 billion for new barriers and surveillance technology as a part of the GOP tax cut bill, is rapidly erecting three miles of wall a week through construction that does not abide by environmental laws or protections in a move that has caused widespread alarm among activists, national park staff, and tribal nations.
Guests:
Adam Federman, reporting fellow with Type Investigations who writes about environmental policy, public lands, and corporate and police spying on environmental activists
Resources:
The Intercept: Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-year-old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall
The Washington Post: Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site
The Sierra Club: Desert Ruins
