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The '''Roosevelt Reservation''' is a sixty-[[foot]] strip of land on the [[United States]] side of the [[United States-Mexico Border]] under the jurisdiction of the [[United States Federal Government]]. It was established in a May 27, 1907 [[Presidential Proclamation]] by [[Teddy Roosevelt]] in order to keep the land "free from obstruction as a protection against the [[smuggling]] of goods between the United States and Mexico".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/arizona/Documents/Biol_Opin/080011_LukevillePrimaryFence.pdf|title=Biological Opinion for the Proposed Installation of 5.2 Miles of Primary Fence near Lukeville, Arizona|last=Spangle|first=Steven L.|date=2008-02-11|publisher=[[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]|pages=p.3|accessdate=2008-10-11|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL33659.pdf|title=Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border|last=Nuñez-Neto|first=Blas|coauthors=Kim, Yule|date=2008-05-14|publisher=Federation of American Scientists|pages=p. 24|accessdate=2008-10-11|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref>
