As the events have shown, Lafayette Square was a test run for what is an illegal and ongoing crackdown by the Trump administration.
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Grijalva criticizes the Trump administration's actions against protesters as illegal and ongoing.
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The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.
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.
We write to express serious concerns about the Mining Clarity Regulatory Act, which represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America's cherished public lands to mining corporations.
You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the exclusive rights to our public lands for about $10 per acre per year.





