Trump Moves to Hand Military Control of Land Near Mexico Border
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President Donald Trump issued a directive expanding military control over federal lands near the US-Mexico border, seeking to bolster his efforts to crack down on undocumented migration.
In a memorandum released on Friday evening, Trump ordered several cabinet secretaries to give the Defense Department jurisdiction over federal lands along the border. Those areas include the Roosevelt Reservation — a narrow strip of land along the southwest border in the states of Arizona, New Mexico and California — but exclude federal Indian reservations.