I've deleted the previous page's talk page since it was my sandbox talk page that came when I moved the article out of my sandbox.
I wrote this article as part of a WikiEdu course. I firmly believe - as a citizen of the region - that there's something unique and interesting about the political and environmental situation in the Arizona borderlands that makes this region and situation deserving of its own Wikipedia article; none of the articles I looked at quite covered it in the level of detail and topicality I was hoping for, and I saw the opportunity for some more synthesis.
The article ultimately falls short because it was designed to be a group topic and I did it all by myself. My hope is that my existing work is sufficient to merit the article not being deleted, and that perhaps other interested editors could take what I've started and make it awesome.