U.S. Border Patrol: Coming to a Park Near You

Congress is actually considering a bill that would give the U.S. Border Patrol immediate access to all national parks and wilderness areas that are within 100 miles of the Canadian or Mexican border.  This "immediate access" includes building fences, building roads, setting up monitoring stations — whatever it takes to sniff out illegal immigrants.

This bill is the National Security and Lands Protection Act, and it's already been approved by the House Committee on Natural Resources.