President Trump is taking bold steps to secure the U.S. southern border, closing gaps that have left Americans vulnerable under the Biden administration. The military is now gaining expanded authority to confront illegal crossings, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has just handed control to the Navy to trap border invaders in a newly established military zone.
A Century-Old Vision Comes Alive
Trump is drawing on a legal tool that has been largely dormant for over a century, one that traces back to President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1907, Roosevelt anticipated the surge in smuggling along the Mexican border and created what became known as the “Roosevelt Reservation”—a 60-foot strip of federal land stretching across California, Arizona, and New Mexico specifically to combat illegal trafficking.¹
Roosevelt’s proclamation declared the land should remain “free from obstruction as a protection against the smuggling of goods between the United States and Mexico.”² That legal maneuver, largely ignored by presidents until now, gives the military authority to operate without the usual domestic law enforcement restrictions.
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