#Trump sent a memorandum to 4 federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the #military to use & take jurisdiction of #FederalLand along the #US – #Mexico #border.
#law #geopolitics #immigration #USexpansionism
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html
#Trump’s memo, sent to #Interior Secy #DougBurgum, #DHS Secy #KristiNoem, Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth & #Agricultural Secy #BrookeRollins, states that the #military must “take a more direct role” in efforts to secure the border & calls on the secretaries to act to provide the #DOD “use & jurisdiction” over certain #FederalLands “to enable military activities” on military installations.
#Trump’s memo states that the #DOD should be provided jurisdiction over lands including the #RooseveltReservation – a 60-foot-wide swath of land along the #border – for #military purposes including border wall construction & installing detection & monitoring equipment. The memo excludes Federal Indian Reservations.
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