US President Donald Trump sent a memorandum on Friday (11) to four heads of federal departments by directing them to allow the army to use the jurisdiction on federal lands along the Mexican border.
The memorandum, which was sent to the Minister of Interior, Doug Burgoum, Interior Security Minister Christie, and the Minister of Defense, Betty Higseth, and Minister of Agriculture, Brock Rollins, explains that “the army must assume a more direct role” in the efforts made to ensure security in the border and ask the trustees to provide “the use of the Ministry of Defense” and “to allow military activities” in military facilities.
The memo states that the Ministry of Defense must obtain a specialty on land, including the Roosevelt Reserve – a strip of land along the border – for military purposes, including building the border wall and installing detection and monitoring equipment. The memorandum excludes federal indigenous reserves.
Trump ordered the US military to increase their presence along the southern border On its first day in his post, thousands of additional American active forces were sent as part of the ongoing military mission on the border during the Trump administration, like CNN I have already mentioned.
because of The National Emergency Declaration on the border by TrumpAccording to the memo, Burguam can “take withdrawal, reserves and restrictions of public lands to arrange use by the Ministry of Defense.”
The memo also confirms what CNN In March: The army planned to take over the leadership of the land group along the border, and to appoint federal lands as a military installation.
Immigrants who cross this area will be placed in “detention” by invading military property so that the Ministry of Interior can reach and deport them. In practice, this procedure places the army in the position of stopping migrants, which is a traditional police function.
The army is prohibited from conducting activities to implement local law under the law in its possession for 1878, but by describing the region as a “detention” field, the Ministry of Defense can circumvent this law.
The memo explains that the four heads of agencies “will initially implement this memo in a limited sector of federal lands” defined by Higseth. However, at any time, Hegseth can “extend activities” under the memo to additional federal lands along the border.
It is also determined that “members of the armed forces will follow the rules of using the force determined by the Minister of Defense.”
