REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: On the Tohono O’odham Border, a Chairman’s Resolve to Defend His Nation
SELLS, Ariz. — Verlon Jose, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, was late for our meeting Thursday afternoon. He had been delayed by a call from a federal official who tried to persuade him to reconsider his tribal nation’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. The project calls for a double-wall structure, with…
