The Ranking Members of Natural Resources, Judiciary, Parks & Public lands and Homeland Security, have introduced legislation to allow the Border Patrol to enter public lands, which have become safe havens for drug smugglers, illegal aliens and, possibly, terrorists.  The bill, H.R.5016, specifically instructs the Departments of Agriculture and Interior to no longer “impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security on public lands.” What’s this all about?  It’s about the environmentailists and environmental organizations who are, once again, on the wrong side of an issue that has had devastating effects on America’s national forests and wildlife refuges.  Illegal
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