Arests made at Military Zone at US border

Troops make first arrests in border military zone, CBP surpasses 1,400

Officials announced on Wednesday, June 11, that military personnel have detained three undocumented migrants found in a military zone along the U.S. southern border and turned them over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, adding to the more than 1,400 arrests in the zone made by border police. Civil liberties advocates say the military shouldn’t be policing the border.

Border officials announcing the migrant apprehensions say the focus of the zone is complete operational control of the southern border.

“The message should be clear: Do not enter the United States illegally,” El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief Walter Slosar said during a joint news conference attended by KFOX in El Paso, Texas, on June 11. “This in no way, shape or form around us looks like an inviting place or the front door of a country.”

New military-restricted zone spans two states--The Department of Defense took over more than 109,651 acres of federal land along the U.S. southern border in April and designated it a “National Defense Area,” or NDA. Migrants caught crossing into this area now risk entering a military zone and this means jail and fines.

Read more...

Of course, the communist organization, ACLU, is opposed.