ALIPAC - Five Federal Lands in Arizona Have Travel Warnings in Place

ALIPAC - Five Federal Lands in Arizona Have Travel Warnings in Place: "Estimates of exactly how many acres of federal land are closed due to safety concerns near the border were not immediately available, but at least one lawmaker told FoxNews.com that the policy of 'ceding' federal land to drug and human trafficking is unacceptable.

'This is one of those things that the Department of Interior does not want to publicize,' said Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, ranking Republican on the House Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee. 'These bad actors are now being channeled into federal lands along the border because it's so easy to make that access. The situation is getting worse on federal lands and will only get worse until we make some proactive activity to change the status quo.'

'Frankly,' Bishop continued, 'the status quo is failing. We are failing to control our borders.'

Bishop, who has introduced legislation that would remove environmental restrictions the Department of Interior imposes on U.S. Border Patrol agents, questioned the message sent by federal authorities by closing off part of the Buenos Aires Refuge.

'That is a ludicrous message,' he said. 'That policy in unacceptable. That strikes of running a policy of appeasement to drug cartels instead of fighting back. Someone has to say that not one inch of American property will be given to the bad guys and not one death is acceptable.'"