President Donald Trump authorized the military to occupy public land spanning three border states in a bid to advance his administration’s crackdown on illegal border crossings.
The White House issued a memorandum from the president on Friday ordering public land including the Roosevelt Reservation, which includes parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, bordering Mexico, be provided “for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense.” The order excludes any Indian reservations and allows for “border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment.”
“As the Chief Executive and Commander in Chief, the United States Constitution empowers me to direct the various elements of the executive branch to protect our homeland and ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the United States in the manner I
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