Community activists call on feds to reopen closed public borderlands

Community activists call on feds to reopen closed public borderlands

About 30 people protested outside the Bureau of Land Management offices on Tucson’s south side Thursday afternoon demanding that public lands along the border be reopened. At a news conference, community activists said the land closure is one of several ways the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service are pushing the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies.  On Sept. 28, the Department of Agriculture announced a two-year closure …