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I agree with you on the Mexican border. It has become very dangerous and is spilling over, should be a high security priority. Just don't want this used as an opportunity to advance some agenda to areas which this is not an issue.

[free me]

Understood, there needs to be safeguards from overreach.
For instance, from the second article I posted:

“What about civil liberties concerns? Opponents of H.R. 1505 worry that the open-ended phrase “activities that assist in securing the border” can mean anything without checks and balances. They say H.R. 1505 is a government overreach giving DHS too much power over what Americans can and cannot do on public lands.”

While not necessarily nefarious this phrase needs to be much more specific.

I’m not too worried about abuse on the northern border. Budget limitations alone should deter that. However I’m not sure I see the need for the microwave towers in Glacier so there should perhaps be some type of check on the power of DHS in this bill.