{"id":5640,"date":"2025-11-12T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:18:06","slug":"how-public-lands-are-being-weaponized-for-trumps-immigration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/how-public-lands-are-being-weaponized-for-trumps-immigration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Public Lands are Being Weaponized for Trump's Immigration Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From neighborhood parks to remote wildernesses, the MAGA regime is weaponizing public places for refuge and recreation so they can abduct our neighbors from their communities and families. Now we face an urgent need to defend our core freedoms to move safely, breathe clean air, protect healthy water, and provide a better life for our children and future generations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a brief on proposed legislation and executive policies by MAGA republicans related to mass surveillance on public land, public land militarization, and the abduction of our community members based on what we look like, where we come from, and how we express our beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vigilancia masiva<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las tierras p\u00fablicas de todo tipo, ya sean cercanas o lejanas, son espacios que ofrecen sosiego y permiten establecer v\u00ednculos significativos con la naturaleza y con nuestros seres queridos. Sin embargo, existen cambios normativos y proyectos de ley peligrosos que pretenden someter a quienes disfrutan de actividades recreativas al alcance de tecnolog\u00edas de vigilancia; el objetivo es reforzar la capacidad del ICE y de la CBP para identificar y se\u00f1alar a personas negras y de piel morena, a quienes hablan con acento y a sus acompa\u00f1antes mientras realizan actividades al aire libre. Estas iniciativas y propuestas legislativas benefician a empresas privadas de seguridad y construcci\u00f3n cuyos beneficios econ\u00f3micos dependen de la vigilancia masiva en tierras p\u00fablicas, tanto a nivel local como nacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Orden Secretarial 3442 y el Fondo de Conservaci\u00f3n de Tierras y Aguas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En septiembre de 2025, el secretario del Interior, Doug Burgum, emiti\u00f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/document-library\/secretary-order\/so-3442-land-and-water-conservation-fund-implementation-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Orden Secretarial 3442<\/a> affecting the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). It redirects money reserved for parks and outdoor recreation areas nationwide to install guard posts, video surveillance systems, detection devices, and other infrastructure associated with mass surveillance directly within and adjacent to public parks and outdoor recreation areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of the date of this publication, the National Park Service (NPS) has not updated the Land and Water Conservation Fund Stateside Program Manual, which may describe additional details about this alarming policy change. The NPS, a key steward of our public lands, plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our outdoor spaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ley de Conservaci\u00f3n de Tierras Fronterizas y Ley FLASH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estos proyectos de ley se denominar\u00edan con mayor precisi\u00f3n <em>Ley de Vigilancia Masiva y Demolici\u00f3n en Terrenos P\u00fablicos<\/em>. El <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/926556549\/FLO25827-1-1-2-2-2-1#fullscreen=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Border Lands Conservation Act<\/a> (Senador Mike Lee, UT) y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1820\/text\/ih\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FLASH Act<\/a> (Representative Juan Ciscomani, AZ) are bills introduced in the 119th Congress. They would undermine conservation management in wilderness and public lands across the northern and southern U.S. borders to proliferate mass surveillance and desecrate sacred and cultural areas. These bills would allow \u201ctactical infrastructure\" including observation points, remote video surveillance systems, motion sensors, and detection devices in wilderness areas and public lands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/665e22997d044720fab5a773\/t\/68e7c884dba01c1c30d13ee0\/1760020612536\/Nat%27l+Wilderness+Coalition+Letter+on+Border+Lands+Conservation+Act+10.09.2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Carta de oposici\u00f3n al proyecto de ley sobre las tierras fronterizas<\/a> por la Coalici\u00f3n Nacional de \u00c1reas Silvestres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cdZUL9SQzxY0En82QHGTsiDbCHDVcRN9jSeb0QLKHeE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Carta de oposici\u00f3n a la Ley FLASH<\/a> por GreenLatinos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Orden Ejecutiva 14314 sobre parques nacionales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/making-america-beautiful-again-by-improving-our-national-parks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">orden ejecutiva<\/a>, issued July 2025, could force the National Park Service and other agencies that steward national park units to ID visitors and record their residential or citizenship status to charge increased entrance fees and reservation fees for \u201cnonresidents\u201d. This is another way for the MAGA regime to record your recreational habits while inflaming anti-immigrant sentiment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Por qu\u00e9 la vigilancia masiva es peligrosa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estos proyectos de ley y pol\u00edticas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>proliferar sistemas de vigilancia contaminantes alimentados por generadores;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>proliferar c\u00e1maras operadas remotamente que registren los datos biom\u00e9tricos y los h\u00e1bitos de los usuarios de parques y transe\u00fantes sin su consentimiento; y<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiplicar la presencia de agentes encargados de hacer cumplir las pol\u00edticas migratorias del movimiento MAGA en todo tipo de \u00e1reas recreativas p\u00fablicas al aire libre.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Already, ICE and CBP have confronted and detained tens of thousands of black and brown community members because of their skin color through the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/idtechwire.com\/ice-expands-biometric-surveillance-with-mobile-iris-scanning-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tecnolog\u00edas de vigilancia<\/a> (incluidos aquellos que recopilan datos biom\u00e9tricos) bajo el escudo de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2025\/09\/supreme-court-allows-federal-officers-to-more-freely-make-immigration-stops-in-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">temporary SCOTUS ruling<\/a> permitir que los agentes de control migratorio perfilen a los miembros de la comunidad por motivos raciales y \u00e9tnicos. Esta flagrante violaci\u00f3n de nuestros valores fundamentales de libertad, igualdad y justicia para todos deber\u00eda despertar un sentimiento de injusticia en cada uno de nosotros.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se nos debe pedir nuestro consentimiento antes de que se rastreen y registren nuestros datos biom\u00e9tricos. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional no tiene derecho a recopilar sus datos biom\u00e9tricos; por eso usted puede <a href=\"https:\/\/keepbeyond.com\/optout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">excluirse<\/a> del escaneo facial biom\u00e9trico por parte de la CBP y la TSA. El consentimiento es innegociable y esencial para la privacidad de los datos. Sin consentimiento, el r\u00e9gimen MAGA puede utilizar nuestros datos biom\u00e9tricos para acosar, hacer desaparecer y detener con mayor facilidad a nuestros familiares, maestros, vecinos y colegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Militarizaci\u00f3n de tierras p\u00fablicas<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond mass surveillance technologies and strategies, the MAGA regime has taken active steps to give the army and private security firms control over public lands and allow them to pollute and destroy nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Control del Ej\u00e9rcito de los EE. UU. sobre las tierras p\u00fablicas de la frontera sur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/military-mission-for-sealing-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states-and-repelling-invasions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Memorando Presidencial de Seguridad Nacional 4<\/a> Autoriz\u00f3 a los Secretarios del Interior y de Agricultura a militarizar tierras p\u00fablicas en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos. En abril, el Secretario del Interior, Doug Burgum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/secretary-interior-transfers-federal-lands-along-new-mexico-border-army-protect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">jurisdicci\u00f3n transferida<\/a> m\u00e1s de 109.000 acres de tierras p\u00fablicas en Nuevo M\u00e9xico al Ej\u00e9rcito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La cooperaci\u00f3n interinstitucional en la gesti\u00f3n de zonas fronterizas se ha mantenido durante d\u00e9cadas. El Servicio de Parques Nacionales ten\u00eda un acuerdo preexistente. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/bibe\/learn\/management\/upload\/SO-31-BIBE-Wilderness-Management-for-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">acuedro<\/a> con la Patrulla Fronteriza para garantizar la colaboraci\u00f3n y minimizar los da\u00f1os a las \u00e1reas silvestres y a los visitantes. Antes de que el r\u00e9gimen MAGA socavara estos acuerdos, la gesti\u00f3n de las tierras fronterizas sol\u00eda cumplir con las leyes ambientales que hab\u00edamos logrado consolidar tras generaciones de arduo trabajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Centros de detenci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Everglades detention center, coined \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d by President Trump, at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/07\/trump-alligator-alcatraz-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">1,800<\/a> migrants are detained. The facility still operates in the heart of <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/07\/15\/alligator-alcatraz\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Reserva Nacional Big Cypress<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/f\/?id=00000198-0e8f-d1ba-a7ba-ffffdf9b0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Tierras de la tribu Miccosukee<\/a>, despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/indigenous\/alligator-alcatraz-must-close-but-the-fight-isnt-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">fallo de un tribunal federal<\/a> orden\u00e1ndole que cese toda construcci\u00f3n y detenci\u00f3n adicionales, en respuesta a las violaciones de la soberan\u00eda tribal y de la legislaci\u00f3n ambiental.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within recent months, the National Park Service website about the detention center location (the former Everglades Jetport) was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/bicy\/learn\/historyculture\/miami-jetport.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">remoto<\/a> (junto a otra historia <a href=\"https:\/\/thelatinonewsletter.org\/p\/protecting-latino-communities-access-public-lands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">eliminaciones de terrenos p\u00fablicos y de museos<\/a>). La Tribu Miccosukee intervino en una demanda destinada a cerrar las instalaciones, ya que estas socavan la libertad de los miembros de la tribu para mantener sus v\u00ednculos tradicionales y ceremoniales con las tierras tribales y p\u00fablicas circundantes. El Servicio de Parques Nacionales administra la Reserva Nacional Big Cypress. Este pantano de agua dulce alberga aves tropicales, especies en peligro de extinci\u00f3n como la pantera de Florida y el murci\u00e9lago de bonete de Florida, as\u00ed como osos negros, nutrias de r\u00edo, manat\u00edes, pumas, peces amia (o *bowfin*), ciervos de cola blanca, pavos, manglares, orqu\u00eddeas, busardos homirrojos y muchas otras especies. El h\u00e1bitat de estas especies constituye el hogar y las zonas tradicionales de caza, pesca y captura de las tribus Seminole y Miccosukee, e incluye diez poblados tribales situados en un radio de tres millas del centro de detenci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 2,000 people have joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida\/2025\/10\/26\/alligator-alcatraz-everglades-immigration-protest-prayer-interfaith-coalition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Coalici\u00f3n Interreligiosa de Florida<\/a> every Sunday outside of the detention center for prayer vigils and to demand clergy access for the abducted community members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Muro fronterizo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La construcci\u00f3n de la <a href=\"https:\/\/patagoniaregionaltimes.org\/border-wall-construction-to-begin-in-september-county-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Muro fronterizo del valle de San Rafael<\/a>\u2013which the FLASH Act would intensify\u2013cuts through the Coronado National Forest, harming conservation lands and community health north and south of the border by cutting off an essential migratory wildlife corridor. The FLASH Act would also expedite border wall construction elsewhere on the southern border and levy increased penalties on migrants, further exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Seguimos Adelante<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/press\/project-2025-publishes-comprehensive-policy-guide-mandate-leadership-the-conservative-promise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Proyecto 2025<\/a> was written to enrich billionaires by privatizing public assets and shuttering essential government services. The MAGA regime is handing over jurisdiction of public lands to the Army to benefit military contractors while allowing public dollars to finance surveillance technology, the border wall, and detention centers. This is a favor to private security firms, AI tech companies, construction firms, manufacturers, and other companies profiting from mass surveillance, bulldozing sacred places, and harassing and disappearing our community members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En lugar de abordar la enorme desigualdad econ\u00f3mica de nuestra naci\u00f3n y eliminar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero para que las comunidades de todas partes sean m\u00e1s seguras y estables, el r\u00e9gimen MAGA utiliza como chivos expiatorios a personas de diversos or\u00edgenes que hicieron valientes sacrificios para comenzar una nueva vida en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico. Obstaculizan a quienes desean trabajar arduamente para lograr una vida digna, todo para que los multimillonarios puedan lucrarse con la vigilancia masiva en zonas de recreaci\u00f3n al aire libre y con la militarizaci\u00f3n de nuestras tierras p\u00fablicas nacionales. Esos multimillonarios planificaron para el 2025, pero no contaron con nosotros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La mayor\u00eda de nosotros creemos que tenemos derecho a disfrutar de los espacios al aire libre de manera segura. La mayor\u00eda deseamos esto para las generaciones futuras. Mantenemos una relaci\u00f3n de beneficio mutuo con nuestras tierras y aguas p\u00fablicas: cuando estas se encuentran sanas, \u00edntegras y en buen estado, nosotros tambi\u00e9n lo estamos. Por eso, personas como nosotros en todo el pa\u00eds seguimos alzando la voz. Juntos logramos frenar una propuesta en el Congreso para vender nuestras tierras p\u00fablicas. Millones de personas, tanto de zonas rurales como urbanas, siguen reuni\u00e9ndose en manifestaciones y protestas para oponerse a la agenda MAGA. Millones han expresado su opini\u00f3n, compartido publicaciones en redes sociales y escrito a la prensa en defensa de los bosques sin carreteras, la conservaci\u00f3n y la salud del paisaje, as\u00ed como de nuestros monumentos nacionales.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seguimos respondiendo a la llamada de la naturaleza. Al hacerlo, debemos apoyarnos mutuamente.<em> Ahora, seguimos adelante<\/em> for racial justice, for our democracy, and for policies that allow people to flourish in this country, like an accessible pathway to citizenship and a just and humane immigration system.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From neighborhood parks to remote wildernesses, the MAGA regime is weaponizing public places for refuge and recreation so they can abduct our neighbors from their communities and families. Now we face an urgent need to defend our core freedoms to move safely, breathe clean air, protect healthy water, and provide a better life for our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":5643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[77],"federal_programs":[124],"state_region":[115],"class_list":["post-5640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","tag-blog","federal_programs-public-lands","state_region-national"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5640"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5661,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640\/revisions\/5661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5640"},{"taxonomy":"federal_programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/federal_programs?post=5640"},{"taxonomy":"state_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_region?post=5640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}