Trump authorizes military to take control of federal land along US southern border
The action further restricts legal asylum at the border and will mean harsher punishments for migrants
The action further restricts legal asylum at the border and will mean harsher punishments for migrants
The action further restricts legal asylum at the border and will mean harsher punishments for migrants
President Donald Trump sent a memorandum to four federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the military to use and take jurisdiction of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The memo, sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins, states that the military must 맥스카지노take a more direct role맥스카지노 in efforts to secure the border and calls on the secretaries to act to provide the Defense Department 맥스카지노use and jurisdiction맥스카지노 over certain federal lands 맥스카지노to enable military activities맥스카지노 on military installations.
The memo states that the Defense Department should be provided jurisdiction over lands, including the Roosevelt Reservation 맥스카지노 a 60-foot-wide swath of land along the border 맥스카지노 for military purposes, including border wall construction and installing detection and monitoring equipment. The memo excludes Federal Indian Reservations.
Trump mandated that the U.S. military step up its presence along the southern border on his first day in office, and thousands of additional active-duty U.S. troops have been ordered there as part of the Trump administration맥스카지노s ongoing military mission at the border,.
Because Trump has declared a national emergency at the border, according to the memo, Burgum 맥스카지노may make withdrawals, reservations, and restrictions of public lands to provide for the utilization of public lands by the Department of Defense.맥스카지노
The memo also confirms what was in the works: plans for the military to take command of a swath of territory along the border by designating federal lands as a military installation.
Migrants who cross in this area would be put into 맥스카지노holding맥스카지노 for trespassing onto a military property, CNN previously reported, until the Department of Homeland Security could arrive to pick them up and deport them 맥스카지노 putting the military in the position of effectively detaining migrants, something that is traditionally a law enforcement function. The military is prohibited from carrying out domestic law enforcement under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, but by describing the zone as a 맥스카지노holding맥스카지노 area, DoD could feasibly circumvent that law.
The memo explains that the four agency heads will 맥스카지노initially implement this memorandum on a limited sector of federal lands맥스카지노 designated by Hegseth. However, at any time, Hegseth can 맥스카지노extend activities맥스카지노 under the memo to additional federal lands along the border.
The memo further states that 맥스카지노members of the Armed Forces will follow rules for the use of force prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.맥스카지노
CNN맥스카지노s Natasha Bertrand contributed to this report.