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Board adopts resolution opposing expanded militarization of U.S.–Mexico border
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously (4–1) adopted a resolution opposing plans to transfer public lands and adopt Roosevelt Reservations that would expand Department of Defense jurisdiction along the border and risk impacts to cultural and conservation lands.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors on June 3 approved a resolution opposing federal efforts to expand militarized operations and transfer certain borderland public lands to Department of Defense control, actions that local leaders said would harm cultural resources and critical Sonoran Desert habitat.
Supervisor Jan Allen introduced the resolution and the board adopted it 4–1, with Supervisor Steve…
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