Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Protesters in Arizona are conducting a "tree sit" in a 200-year-old cottonwood grove to halt its destruction for the construction of a border wall. The demonstrators view the tree as a symbolic landmark deserving protection, comparable to the Statue of Liberty.

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