DHS already has asserted the power to stop, search and detain anyone, for any reason within the “Constitution Free Zone,” resident or traveler. This area is defined by anywhere within 100 miles of any international border. The majority of the population lives in this zone.
A new Federal bill, H.R. 1505, will also give DHS the power to use surveillance, monitoring equipment, erect walls, and send out patrols ANYWHERE within 100 miles of the international border (oceans, Indian reservations, embassies, United Nations, etc). Homeland Security will have no restrictions at all within Federally owned land, which makes up a large percentage of the U.S. landmass.
A new Federal bill, H.R. 1505, will also give DHS the power to use surveillance, monitoring equipment, erect walls, and send out patrols ANYWHERE within 100 miles of the international border (oceans, Indian reservations, embassies, United Nations, etc). Homeland Security will have no restrictions at all within Federally owned land, which makes up a large percentage of the U.S. landmass.
Republican Sponsored H.R. 1505 Would give DHS Police State Powers over 80% of the U.S.
If you live within 100 miles of any ocean, you’re in the “zone.”
If you live within 100 miles of the United Nations in New York City, you’re in the “zone.”
If you live within 100 miles of the Canadian or Mexican border, you’re in the “zone.”
If you live within 100 miles of a foreign embassy, consulate, or declared international trade zone with foreign ownership, you’re in the “zone.”
Assault on Public Lands and Environmental Laws up for a House Vote
The official summary of the bill:Bishop’s bill would also give DHS the run of all federally owned lands, in all 50 states, with absolutely no restrictions. Has a lack of access to the Everglades, or Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park, or the lawn around the Statue of Liberty, prevented DHS from securing the southern border? Not according to the Border Patrol.
The irony is that the Border Patrol, which operates under DHS’ umbrella, has not asked for the power to overrule land managers or ignore environmental laws. Last spring the Government Accountability Office found that, “Most agents reported that land management laws have had no effect on Border Patrol’s overall measure of border security.”
H.R. 1505: National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (GovTrack.us)
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from taking action on public lands which impede the border security activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary). States that the Secretary shall have immediate access to any public land managed by the federal government in order to conduct activities that assist in securing the border (including access to maintain and construct roads, construct a fence, use patrol vehicles, and set up monitoring equipment). States that a specified waiver by the Secretary of certain laws regarding sections of the international border between the United States and Mexico and between the United States and Canada shall apply to all sections of the international land and maritime borders of the United States within 100 miles of such borders with respect to the Secretary's activities under this Act.