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Brady Knox, Breaking News Reporter


NextImg:WATCH LIVE: House Natural Resources Committee holds hearing on use of National Parks as migrant camps

The House Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing at 10:15 a.m. on the Biden administration’s idea to use federal lands and parks for immigrant camps.

The hearing, borrowing from comments made previously by committee chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR), is called "Destroying America’s Best Idea: Examining the Biden Administration’s Use of National Park Service Lands for Migrant Camps." It will examine the New York policy of housing illegal immigrants in Floyd Bennett Field, a former airfield and national park that spans parts of New York City and New Jersey.

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"Currently, our National Parks have been called America's best idea, but because of Joe Biden and the far Left's worst idea, they're being compromised, and we just can't stand for that," Westerman said earlier this month.

"My committee has jurisdiction service over the park service, and we can't let this administration, let the city of New York, or anyone else start building migrant housing centers on our National Park Service property."

He also sent a letter of protest to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and National Park Service Director Charles Sams.

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"Regardless of personal or political beliefs on immigration or migrant policy, there is common ground in keeping our national parks — some of America’s most treasured spaces — out of this debate," the letter read.

"All national parks, whether in rural or urban areas, exist for visitors to experience wonder, to recreate and find joy, or to simply learn more about the great history of our nation. National parks are not, however, a place to temporarily or permanently encamp persons experiencing a lack of housing options. The Governor of New York has gone on the record about the DOI’s reluctance to accommodate the request, due to statutory restraints. We agree that the use of NPS lands to house unsheltered migrants is outside of the NPS statutory authority."