The Roosevelt Reservation is a 60 feet (18.3 m) strip of land on the United States

United States

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 side of the United States-Mexico Border under the jurisdiction of the United States Federal Government. It was established in a 1907 Presidential Proclamation

Presidential Proclamation

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 (35 Stat. 2136) by Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

 in order to keep the land "free from obstruction as a protection against the smuggling

Smuggling

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of goods between the United States and Mexico".