Posted on 07/04/2025 1:57:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees.
The Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a “restricted area by authority of the commander.” It’s part of a major shift that has thrust the military into border enforcement with Mexico like never before.
The move places long stretches of the border under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering U.S. troops to detain people who enter the country illegally and sidestep a law prohibiting military involvement in civilian law enforcement. It is done under the authority of the national emergency on the border declared by President Donald Trump on his first day in office.
U.S. authorities say the zones are needed to close gaps in border enforcement and help in the wider fight against human smuggling networks and brutal drug cartels.
The militarization is being challenged in court, and has been criticized by civil rights advocates, humanitarian aid groups and outdoor enthusiasts who object to being blocked from public lands while troops have free rein.
Abbey Carpenter, a leader of a search-and-rescue group for missing migrants, said public access is being denied across sweltering stretches of desert where migrant deaths have surged.
“Maybe there are more deaths, but we don’t know,” she said.
Two militarized zones form a buffer along 230 miles (370 kilometers) of border, from Fort Hancock, Texas, through El Paso and westward across vast New Mexico ranchlands.
The Defense Department added an additional 250-mile (400-kilometer) zone last week in...
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It is summer. It is very hot. If the ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS choose death...so be it. People make choices.
I would draw the line at the use of mustard or poison gas...
Acceptables include mines, electrofied wire, rabid dogs, and remote-controlled quad 50s...
“US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy”
Classic leftist projection. What is “stirring Controversy”? Publishing an article about a policy most people would not know about if not for the AP article. So the AP is stirring the controversy because they hate America first, and they blame the “controversy” on the US military.
Two militarized zones form a buffer along 230 miles.
Hat tip to president Donald Trump
MAGA
In a controversial move, fluffy bunnies controversially gamboled about and beautiful butterflies controversially fluttered above the controversial sunny meadow. Democrats decried the controversial scene as racist, sexist, misogynistic, and homophobic.
Because.
Yes indeed...
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