Requires federal land agencies to inventory and install roads, enter cooperative agreements with DHS, allow DHS access and activities in wilderness areas, and prioritize border security operations on federal border lands, increasing state-federal cooperation and operational control for immigration.
The Secretaries shall enter into cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Homeland Security-- (1) to install technology on covered Federal land that the Secretaries, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, determine to be necessary to deter illegal entry into the United States; and (2) to gain operational control of the southern border and northern border.
Mandates actions to deter illegal southern and northern border crossings, gain operational control, prevent unlawful entries by terrorists and other unlawful aliens, and inventory trails created by illegal crossings, expanding border security and enforcement measures.
to deter illegal southern border and northern border crossings; (2) to gain operational control of the southern border and northern border; and (3) to increase Department of Homeland Security access to covered Federal land.
=No change to immigration enforcementmodel confidence 80%
Prohibits use of federal funds for housing aliens without lawful status on federal land except in facilities for custody, detention, holding, processing, or removal, maintaining limits on non-enforcement uses while allowing detention infrastructure.
no Federal funds may be used to provide housing to aliens without lawful immigration status on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies, including through leases, contracts, or agreements.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill focuses on enhancing border security, operational control, DHS access to federal lands, cooperative agreements, and reporting on impacts of illegal immigration along the southern and northern borders, directly addressing immigration enforcement topics without provisions on firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.