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The U.S. Department of Defense is now in charge of securing the country's southern border, having been granted new powers to enforce security there by President Trump as his National Security Presidential Memorandum signed this week allows the military to take control of the Roosevelt Reservation. This is a 60-foot-wide strip of land that runs along the southern border.
The presence of our military along this area is akin to a moat protecting a castle. It will keep most illegal aliens from crossing the border, but it will not keep all of them out--but it's a vast improvement over the handling of the border had been under Joe Biden.
"The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past," Trump wrote in the memorandum.
"I assigned the Armed Forces of the United States the military missions of repelling the invasion and sealing the United States southern border from unlawful entry to maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States."
The federal government controls about a third of the land abutting the southern border. However, that number does not include federal Native American reservations which are exempt from the memorandum.
The remainder of the land is either privately held or owned by the four border states.
The belt was created in 1907 by then-President Theodore Roosevelt to combat cross-border smuggling.
Taking control of the land is a no-brainer and necessary to "enable military activities directed in this memorandum, including border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment," the memorandum states.
American soldiers and equipment are now able to set up along the perimeter in long stretches in Arizona, California and New Mexico. Military personnel are now also authorized to detain anyone suspected of crossing the border illegally.
The belt was created in 1907 by then-President Theodore Roosevelt to combat cross-border smuggling.
Taking control of the land is a no-brainer and necessary to "enable military activities directed in this memorandum, including border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment," the memorandum states.
American soldiers and equipment are now able to set up along the perimeter in long stretches in Arizona, California and New Mexico. Military personnel are now also authorized to detain anyone suspected of crossing the border illegally.
FAFO has become the norm.
Trump has made repelling illegal immigration a pillar of his presidency, signing executive orders to combat it since taking office. Several are still being challenged in court because anything, good or great, that Trump does, the Democrats go against.
This week's memorandum gives the Secretaries of Defense, the Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security an initial 45-day period to assess the effectiveness of the initiative.
"At any time, the Secretary of Defense may extend activities under this memorandum to additional Federal lands along the southern border in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor, and other executive departments and agencies as appropriate," the memorandum states.
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Trump has made repelling illegal immigration a pillar of his presidency, signing executive orders to combat it since taking office. Several are still being challenged in court because anything, good or great, that Trump does, the Democrats go against.
This week's memorandum gives the Secretaries of Defense, the Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security an initial 45-day period to assess the effectiveness of the initiative.
"At any time, the Secretary of Defense may extend activities under this memorandum to additional Federal lands along the southern border in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor, and other executive departments and agencies as appropriate," the memorandum states.
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