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Army control of U.S.-Mexico border buffer zone may funnel migrants to 62-mile stretch of tribal land in Arizona

By Emma Paterson | Cronkite News

WASHINGTON – Some Arizona border officials have welcomed President Donald Trump’s order for a military takeover at the U.S-Mexico border.

But migrant advocates fear that by sealing hundreds of miles of border in the Southwest, the troops will effectively funnel migrants to far more dangerous crossing points. And environmentalists warn of damage to habitats that support nearly two dozen endangered species.

On April 11, Trump ordered the military to take control of the Roosevelt Reservation – a 60-foot wide strip of federal land along the border from the Pacific Ocean to New Mexico.

Turning the border into a military base would get around the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from engaging directly in civilian law enforcement. Migrants would be subject to military arrest for trespassing within the federal zone.

That zone and Trump’s order cover Arizona’s four border counties – Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise – except for a 62 mile stretch of Pima County controlled by the Tohono O’Odham Nation.

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