Trump Authorizes Military to Take Over Federal Land at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Trump issues executive order directing military to take over the Roosevelt Reservation. Tribal land is excluded from the order.

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Melissa del Bosque

Apr 12, 2025

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U.S. Soldiers conduct surveillance along the southern border, near Santa Teresa, N.M., March 27, 2025. (Photo credit: Sgt. Crist Joseph, public domain)

President Donald Trump on late Friday issued a new memorandum authorizing the U.S. military to take control of parts of a federal strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border known as the Roosevelt Reservat…

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