Cómo las tierras públicas se vuelven arma para la política migratoria de Trump

The document details how the MAGA administration is using public lands for immigration enforcement through mass surveillance and militarization. It highlights specific executive orders, proposed legislation like the FLASH Act, and the transfer of public land jurisdiction to the U.S. Army. The report also criticizes the operation of a detention center in the Big Cypress National Preserve and the construction of a border wall in the Coronado National Forest, arguing these actions violate environmental laws and tribal sovereignty while enriching private contractors.

• The administration is redirecting funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to install surveillance infrastructure, including guard posts and video surveillance, in and around parks and recreational areas via Secretarial Order 3442 issued in September 2025.
• Proposed legislation in the 119th Congress, specifically the Border Lands Conservation Act and the FLASH Act, seeks to expand 'tactical infrastructure' such as motion sensors and remote video surveillance in wilderness areas and public lands along U.S. borders.
• Executive Order 14314, issued in July 2025, may require the National Park Service to record the residency or citizenship status of visitors to charge higher entry fees for non-residents, which the report describes as a mechanism for tracking recreational habits and fueling anti-immigrant sentiment.
• Public lands are being militarized through the transfer of jurisdiction to the U.S. Army, including the transfer of 109,000 acres of public land in New Mexico to the Army in April, authorized by Presidential National Security Memorandum 4.
• A detention center nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz' holds at least 1,800 people within the Big Cypress National Preserve and Miccosukee Tribal lands, allegedly violating tribal sovereignty and environmental laws and threatening endangered species such as the Florida Panther and Florida Bonneted Bat.
• The construction of the San Rafael Valley wall, which the FLASH Act would accelerate, is cutting through the Coronado National Forest and disrupting a critical migratory wildlife corridor.

APA

Juarez, O. (2025). Cómo las tierras públicas se vuelven arma para la política migratoria de Trump. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/como-las-tierras-publicas-se-vuelven-arma-para-la-politica-migratoria-de-trump/

Chicago

Juarez, Olivia. Cómo las tierras públicas se vuelven arma para la política migratoria de Trump. GreenLatinos, 2025. https://www.greenlatinos.org/como-las-tierras-publicas-se-vuelven-arma-para-la-politica-migratoria-de-trump/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{juarez2025cmo, author = {Juarez, Olivia}, title = {{Cómo las tierras públicas se vuelven arma para la política migratoria de Trump}}, institution = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/como-las-tierras-publicas-se-vuelven-arma-para-la-politica-migratoria-de-trump/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }