The US military said it would control strips of federal land across three states along the tropical border to stop illegal immigration, according to a memorandum of understanding by President Donald Trump on Friday.
The memorandum of understanding, “Military Mission to Seal the US's Southern Borders and Repel Invasions,” directs secretaries in defense, interior affairs, agriculture and homeland security.
He writes that it can include “construction and detection of border barriers and placement of surveillance equipment.”
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“Our southern borders are under attack from various threats,” Trump wrote in the memorandum. “The complexity of the current situation requires our military to play a more direct role in securing a southern border than in the recent past.”
Federal land, consisting of narrow, 60-foot-deep strips at the border within the Roosevelt reservation, becomes a “military facility” designated as a “defense area” where “military activities” occur.
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“Our southern borders are under attack from various threats,” Trump wrote in the memorandum. “The complexity of the current situation requires our military to play a more direct role in securing a southern border than in the recent past.” (Washington Post via Javin Botsford/Getty Images)
The Roosevelt Reservation covers California, New Mexico and Arizona, and was designated as federal land by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, keeping the borders safe.
“The memorandum of understanding will allow the Secretary of Defense to determine the appropriate military activities reasonably necessary and appropriate to achieve its mission to keep borders safe.”
The Roosevelt Reservation covers California, New Mexico and Arizona, and was designated as federal land by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, keeping the borders safe. (Carlos Moreno/Anadoll via Getty Images)
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Trump campaigned on securing borders and “massive deportation,” focusing on both in the first months of his presidency.
