Mike Lee at it yet again (Oct 2025)

[Poser]

A bill dropped Thursday by Utah Sen. Mike Lee proposes to open all federal land within 100 miles of the country’s northern and southern borders, including wilderness areas, to roads, border agents, motorized boats, clear-cutting, and even structures.

Senator Lee Is Back with His Attack on Public Lands. This Time He Wants to Butcher the Wilderness Act Under the Guise of Border Security

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is back with his attacks on public lands. This time, he introduced an unfounded bill under the pretense of border security.

www.outdoorlife.com

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) is the only one of the bill’s sponsors from a state that borders Mexico or Canada. The rest are John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both from Wyoming, Tennessee’s Marsha Blackburn, Mississippi’s Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Florida’s Rick Scott.

 

[lgoodroe_12]

Following.

 

[Yoteassasin]

So you are for unsecured borders?

 

[Cornhusker]

I don't think Poser said anything about being for unsecured borders. This is nothing more than another attempt to gain more control of our public lands. No illegals are coming across the northern border and yet if this bill passes they will gain more access.

 

[Yoteassasin]

So what is it for ?

 

[Cornhusker]

I'm not sure what the end purpose is but with it being Cruz bill and the crew that is cosponsoring the bill they are going to have more control of federal lands and they'll somehow make money at it or their business partners will. Lee and Cruz have proven to me to be for their own interests and not my interests.

 

[cal30_sniper]

So what is it for ?

Distraction from the real mess going on in the Senate.

 

[dump7244]

This isn’t necessary. It’s his way to backdoor the land grab that he missed months ago.

 

[OXN939]

This isn’t necessary. It’s his way to backdoor the land grab that he missed months ago.

100%. Dude will not stop until he gets voted out. Utah, please figure this out.

There is nothing more unpatriotic than destroying the best parts of our country for corporate greed.

 

[DangerRanger]

So you are for unsecured borders?

This is like pointing at the patriot act criticisms and being like “So you are pro terrorism?”

 

[Bignick612]

This has nothing to do with border security and is 100% about allowing lawmakers to skirt policy or make things more beneficial to their sugar daddies in business so they can pillage what little undisturbed land is left for profit. I can't speak for the other states but I know there is some federal land in Texas that would fall into this category. Most of it already has border patrol access, along with most private property close to the border.

 

[HighUintas]

100%. Dude will not stop until he gets voted out. Utah, please figure this out.

I wish we could. I really don't understand what it is he provides to his voter base that keeps them loyal and unwilling to consider his motives behind his constant land bills.

 

[CorbLand]

I wish we could. I really don't understand what it is he provides to his voter base that keeps them loyal and unwilling to consider his motives behind his constant land bills.

It’s pretty hard to find a politician that meets every thing one wants. Sometimes it’s the lesser of two evils. One of Lees major downfalls is the public land stances but he is good on other things. He pulls a lot of votes due to a lot of his political stances mimicking the LDS standards.

For all the people saying Utah needs to get rid of this guy, remember that bills have cosponors. Make sure your elected officials arent cosponsoring these bills. Without cosponsors, many of these bills wouldn’t make it out of committee.