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U.S. border agency: Man shot by officer in critical condition

TUCSON — Authorities say a 21-year-old U.S. citizen shot and wounded by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at a port of entry is in critical condition in an Arizona hospital.

A CBP statement released Saturday said the man was shot Thursday night in Nogales, Arizona as he accelerated the pickup he was driving toward Mexico.

The man was being questioned by CBP agents who had determined that the vehicle had a license plate for a different vehicle.

According to CBP, the pickup crossed a few yards into Mexico before it struck a concrete barrier.

The man’s identity wasn’t released. He was initially taken to hospital in Nogales, Mexico.

CBP said an uninjured passenger was released by Mexican authorities and the officer who shot the driver wasn’t injured.

Steve Bannon: Trump ‘knows it’s time to get on with it’ and build the wall

GREEN VALLEY — Former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon says he doesn’t think President Donald Trump will back away from his proposed southern border wall.

As congressional negotiators in Washington worked toward a border security deal, KGUN-TV reports that Bannon told a Green Valley, Arizona, town hall sponsored by wall supporters that he doubts Trump will (quote) “take anything short of actually building the wall.”

According to Bannon, after “many years of talking” about border security, Trump “now knows that it’s time to get on with it.”

The town hall meeting was held by a foundation trying to raise money to build a border wall.

Participants in the Washington talks said they expect funding to end up well below the $5.7 billion sought by Trump to begin construction of the wall.