U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s public comment period on plans to build 225 miles of secondary border barriers across four Arizona counties including Yuma ended Monday.
The agency quietly posted a project update to its website on Sept. 11, seeking additional public input on proposed construction in Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties.
The planned barriers would run through areas including Coronado National Memorial and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The proposed segments would also extend into the city limits of Nogales and Douglas, according to the project information.
The agency did not announce the comment period through its social media channels or regular news releases, according to reporting by Arizona Public Media.
CBP said the additional outreach followed an earlier round of public input, collected between November and December 2025, on potential environmental, cultural, socioeconomic and quality-of-life impacts.
The agency had invited members of the public to submit comments by email, phone or mail. CBP also noted that comments, including the names and addresses of those submitting them, would become part of the public record.
The end of the comment period marked the close of this opportunity for public input. The materials reviewed did not establish whether CBP had completed a final decision on the proposed secondary barriers.
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