Tom Tiffany: “Approximately 35% of the southern border is federally owned…”

“His bill empowers Border Patrol and local law enforcement to protect those areas that were left especially exposed and vulnerable by the Biden administration are southern federal border lands. Approximately 35% of the southern border is federally owned, so the conditions that prevail in those areas have a significant influence on overall border security. And the large scale illegal migration that has occurred in those regions has also destroyed fragile ecosystems. The facts are unambiguous.” (01:22–01:32)

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