Interior deputizes border agents to National Park sites amid DC takeover

Aug 21, 2025 - 05:00
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Interior deputizes border agents to National Park sites amid DC takeover
The Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C., Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday.  Burgum wrote in a post on the social platform X that the department “has authorized a service-wide deputization” of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to…