The #DOJ began the first #criminal prosecutions of people who *breached* a *newly expanded* #MilitaryZone at the southern #border that is patrolled by #UStroops, threatening people w/additional penalties for crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.
#immigration #law #Trump #LandGrab #autocracy #stratocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/29/trump-border-militar-zone-migrants-charges/
At least 28 migrants were charged Monday w/crossing into the 170-mile long “#NationalDefenseArea,” a 60-foot strip of land that stretches across the bottom of #NewMexico & has effectively been turned into part of a US #military installation. Prosecutors added the new charge of violating security regulations in US District Court in Las Cruces to the more common misdemeanor of entering the #UnitedStates illegally.
Both #crimes are punishable by a year or less in #prison. But #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth said in a visit to the #border in #NewMexico last week that migrants could face MORE prison time for illegal crossings. Standing…along the border Friday, he held up signs he said were being posted in English & Spanish warning migrants against entering the #MilitaryZone.
