Arizona is ordered to remove its shipping container border wall and Brittney Griner asks Americans to send support for Paul Whelan, who is still in a Russian prison. Here is everything you Need2Know for Friday, December 23, 2022.

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Need2Know: December 23, 2022

Let's get more of your need to know headlines this morning, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey will take down a makeshift wall at the Mexican border. We'll be settling a lawsuit with the federal government. Now, the suit sought to force the governor to remove hundreds of steel shipping containers. You see them right? They're all stacked up on top of each other to create this wall. Now, they had ordered them to be stacked up for miles along Arizona's southern border. In response to what he called Washington's failure to resolve the migrant crisis. The biden administration argued successfully that the wall was constructed illegally on federal land and Arizona must remove the shipping containers by january 4th. Meanwhile, Bernie Griner calling on her supporters now to write letters to Paul Whelan. That's the former U. S. Marine that's held in Russia just days after she was released from a raw and penal colony as part of a prisoner swap. She says, thanks to my efforts of many of you, including you. I am home after nearly 10 months, she wrote on her instagram account. She added your letters helps me to not lose hope during a time where I was full of regret and vulnerable in ways I could have never imagined. Griner added, quote, I hope you'll join me in writing to Paul Whelan