The Trump administration plans to transfer federal land into military control in order to continue construction of the wall along the southern border.
The Trump administration plans to transfer federal land to military control in order to continue construction of the wall along the southern border, officials from the Interior Department announced Wednesday night.
All of the impacted land is part of an area called the"Roosevelt Reservation," which was designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907 to make all land 60 feet around the border between the U.S. and Mexico public to serve as a barrier against smuggling. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said the border wall would protect the lands from resource damage from migrants moving through the area. The U.S. Army requested the transfer on Sept. 4, after the Defense Department announced $3.6 billion would be used to fund border projects. Bernhardt visited that week.
Activists and Democrats have raised concerns that allowing construction on public lands could damage the ecosystem in those areas by disrupting wildlife or using resources like water that are scarce in the desert.
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