Trump military border charges sow confusion in federal courts

Trump military border charges sow confusion in federal courts

The administration is adding charges against migrants caught in its new “national defense areas” along the border.

The militarization of borders will generate more chaos and pain, denounced the Hope Border Institute (Hope), after Donald Trump’s government turned the areas adjacent to the border wall into “military zones,” where security seekers can be detained by military personnel and charged with crimes. On the weekend, the U.S. government announced that “the Department of Defense assumed jurisdiction over federal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border, offici…