jonny5
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Obama Establishes National Monument in New Mexico - WSJ.com
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), though, faulted the president's "unilateral action," saying the latest national monument designation would undermine security by limiting law enforcement access to high crime areas near the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Once again, the president has chosen to bypass the legislative branch--and, in this case, do so in a manner that adds yet another challenge in our ongoing efforts to secure our Southern border," Mr. Boehner said. "At a time of continued cartel violence in Mexico, we should not be putting any additional restraints on efforts to protect our borders."
The Obama administration should have included protections to ensure the U.S. Border Patrol and other agencies have adequate access the southwest border, Mr. Boehner said. Such legislation was introduced in Congress but never passed into law.
The national monument was the 11th established by Mr. Obama.
Another land grab. THis represents about 2% of all land in New Mexico. He does this under an act passed in 1906 by Teddy Roosevelt, even though no such power exists in the constitution to do so. I dont know what the legal status of the land was before this. I assume the federal govt would argue that it owns all of southwest due to the Mexican War, and states just rent it. So it can decide how all of it will be used.