Would you believe me if I told you that the Biden administration was turning National Park Service lands into illegal alien encampments?

Because, unfortunately, that is exactly what is happening.

In an effort to house the exploding number of illegal immigrants coming into our country, the Biden administration is allowing the construction of an illegal alien homeless encampment at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn’s Gateway National Recreation Area.

And they even waived the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to permit it.

We should all agree that some of our nation’s most treasured spaces for recreation, history, and family time outdoors should not be used to house illegal immigrants.

That’s why this week when the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to protect our federal parks, I was looking forward to grilling the Biden administration.

But they refused to even send a witness to testify.

It’s truly disappointing that they refused to defend their decision to the American people.

The solution to this problem is simple: Secure the border.

House Republicans already passed legislation to reverse Biden’s open border policies, but the Senate and White House refuse to act. They would rather allow their mass immigration invasion to not only “destroy” New York City, but also destroy our national parks.

Perhaps they may even turn the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore into the next encampment if they are not stopped.

The Senate must immediately pass the House Republican solution to finish the border wall and end the failed Obama-era policy of catch-and-release.

Currently, 11,000 illegal aliens per day are crossing the southern border, and the Biden administration is releasing them into the interior of the United States.

This is not sustainable.

Instead of closing down national park lands to house illegals, the Biden administration should close the border.