Routine Wilderness Bill Sparks Anti-Immigration Outcry

 
Border Patrol agents survey land near the U.S.-Mexico border. (Mark Allen Johnson/ZUMA Press)

Washington Independent by Elise Foley

Enforcement Advocates Worry Bill Will Hamper Border Security

A bill to designate part of the Organ Mountains in southern New Mexico as wilderness has sparked a surprising amount of controversy, as immigration enforcement advocates have expressed concern that it could hamper border security and send a flood of illegal immigrants into New Mexico.