I have lived off of wells many times in my life and the Fed has NOTHING to even know where they are. The Governments from 1968 forward thought it was doable as the migrants would come and go.
You’ve been fortunate then.
I really do not trust bureaucrats. They lost my high school diploma and due to a foul up on their end, it took months to sort out before they realized that I really did have all the credentials. I almost lost my place at college because of it.
My mother had to fight to even get me admitted to public school, because I have a disability and the bureaucrats insisted that I go into special education. Back then, everyone with my disability went there. She managed to find a school which would accept me and from there, transferred to the other school once I proved that I could hack it.
The bureaucrats assigned me a ‘monitor’ who’s job was to report back to them. If I wasn’t cutting it he could have put me in special ed.
I understand the rationale behind it. I just don’t trust the bureaucrats.