They sat atop a ‘grandmother’ tree for months. Border agents knocked it down

Newseze Wire·Sun, Oct 11, 3:59 AMWire: Philadelphia Inquirer

Activists' efforts to save a giant cottonwood tree in the path of President Donald Trump’s $46.5 billion border wall expansion ended Monday.

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They sat atop a ‘grandmother’ tree for months. Border agents knocked it down

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