Raúl Grijalva: “For decades, Tribal Nations have been treated as second class sovereigns.”

This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.

We cannot have meaningful tribal consultations as long as the mining industry has the automatic right to mine wherever they stake a claim.

I would urge Secretary Mayorkas and the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security to have these agents investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.