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Still in the Dark: Thousands of Border Lights Threaten Wildlife, but CBP Isn’t Talking
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Still in the Dark: Thousands of Border Lights Threaten Wildlife, but CBP Isn’t Talking

In a new report, environmentalists warn that their impact on wildlife will be devastating.

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Jun 06, 2023
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Image courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity.

Since 2019, the U.S. government has installed more than 1,800 stadium lights along the southern border in Arizona, through some of America’s most endangered and protected borderlands habitat.

What happens when the lights are turned on?

Nobody knows. Since 2005, the Real ID Act has allowed the Departmen…

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