Posted on 12/11/2025 7:58:32 AM PST by Enterprise
The open stretches of public land along California’s southern frontier have long served as a quiet reminder of America’s vulnerability. But no more. On Wednesday, the Trump administration handed over jurisdiction of roughly 760 acres in San Diego and Imperial counties to the U.S. Navy, carving out a fresh militarized zone to clamp down on the relentless tide of illegal crossings. This corridor, snaking from the edge of the Otay Mountain Wilderness nearly to the Arizona line, traces through the Imperial Valley and past border towns like Tecate—a notorious hotspot where smugglers and cartels have run roughshod for years.
It’s a direct callback to 1907, when President Theodore Roosevelt first set aside these lands for exactly this purpose: guarding the nation’s edge. Now, with the Navy in charge for the next three years, the focus sharpens on bolstering patrols, erecting barriers, and deploying surveillance tech to choke off the flow.
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The Marines are going to love it!
It will provide for excellent anti-insurgent training.
740 acres is huge?
I guess compared to my 1 acre lot it might be. But in the grand scheme of things along the border I would argue it is “modest” at best.
The drama in modern writing is fascinating.
Again, what I voted for
Actually what this does...it allows them to charge the illegals with violating the military property. And then arrest them with a different charge. So now not only illegal entry (which democrats think isn’t a crime) but also illegally entering a US military facility/property.
Go Trump! We love this guy! A once in a lifetime POTUS!
Tagline...
Marine Recon. The cartels will look for them and will not see them. They will listen for them and will not hear them. Until it's TOO LATE!
SEAL training too.
Location, location, location.
yeah but a lower tier judge in Mexico might rule the President’s action inconstitucional and void.
Dems aplaud.
Maybe it’s a narrow strip along the border where it’s easy to just walk across.
What’s the over/under on how many liberal federal judges will try to block this?
🤔
Sounds like the Bees are going to be busy!
Tecate
Start by filling in all the tunnels
Order the Code Red!
Yes, 740 acres is slightly larger than one section of homestead (640 acres). But its likely a choke point.
Yeah. Clickbait hype. The illegals will just move east of the zone.
Gee, maybe they’ll protect the fragile desert flora and fauna - that the illegals trample, trash and kill - you know the area where the Sierra Club looks the other was after a $100M donation to not say anything about illegals.
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