"The Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C., Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday. 

Burgum wrote in a post on the social platform X that the department “has authorized a service-wide deputization” of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to “intensify crime deterrence efforts” at park service sites.

He did not explicitly say whether the action only applied to the District, but he did write, “Thank you to these brave officers who are working 24/7 to enforce @POTUS’ directive to make D.C. safe again!”

The Interior Department and CBP did not immediately respond to additional questions from The Hill."

Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill August 20, 2025. [2]