Those Wascally Weepublicans, sidestepping the law...
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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“Controversy” = anything the Left disagrees with
The Trump Administration did something ... stirring controversy.
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I have spoken
You gotta have a military.
The military needs a place to stay and train.
The wave of new recruits since January is huge.
The border has been in an invasion crisis.
Where else you going to put them? Ft Riley? Campbell? Lewis?
US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring and inspiring more confidence in the safety and security of the United States of America.
There, fixed it
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Just Keep OUT!
No problems then.
Simple.
Amen!
Asspress always sniffs around for “controversy” that offends their precious Democrats.
SCOTUS has consistently ruled—when both Obama & his Mini me Joe were intentionally neglecting their constitutional duty to enforce our immigration law, actually barring Arizona and others from defending themselves from invasion—that our northern and southern border fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government.
You can’t have it both ways, traitorous democrats.
“…and sidestep a law prohibiting military involvement in civilian law enforcement.”
BULL!!! The most fundamental job of the U.S. military is TO PROTECT THIS NATION FROM INVASION.
Is that better or worse that “sparks controversy,” another favorite journalistic cliche
This should have been done decades ago. Make most parts of the border, military bases and military zones. This is a no-brainer. But GW/Obama/Biden were all open borders saboteurs.
Not to mention it is one of the few enumerated powers of the feral government.
Those Wascally Weepublicans, sidestepping the law...
What law? Clue: it is not the Posse Comitatus Act. That statute prohibits use of military forces in law enforcement against U.S. citizens.
Why only one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico?
Dood never sleeps.
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