Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Newsmax on Monday he is in favor of the Trump administration deploying the military to the southern border.

President Donald Trump on Friday authorized the U.S. military to occupy and take jurisdiction over public lands along the southern border with Mexico.

Trump’s order gives the Pentagon jurisdiction over federal lands, including the Roosevelt Reservation along the southern borders of California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

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