U.S. Military Deployment To The Southern Border Will Be Reduced To Some National Guard Units Acting In A Back-up Role
President Trump will soon sign an order to deploy National Guard troops to the United States' southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced Wednesday.
Speaking at the White House, Nielsen framed the move as a way to toughen an immigration system that “rewards bad behavior,” including illegal drug smuggling and border crossings.
“Border security is homeland security, which is national security,” Nielsen told reporters. “It’s not a partisan issue.”
It remains unclear how many troops will be sent to the border, how long they will be deployed and how much the operation will cost.
“It will be strong. It will be as many as needed to fill the gaps we have today,” Nielsen said when asked about troop numbers. “We do hope the deployment will begin immediately.”
National Guard troops will serve in a support role and will not actively detain or handle migrants who cross the border illegally, Nielsen said.
The announcement comes one day after Trump declared his intent to send troops to the Mexican border.
Trump's announcement sparked bipartisan backlash from Capitol Hill, who warned that the decision could lead to more violence and enflame tensions with Mexico.
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Do you remember when George W Bush and Barack Obama sent the National Guard to assist as a back up force in the border areas?
It's ok, no one else does either even though it happened. In 2006 and 2010.
Only Trump makes a big production out of it and acts like this is his brainstorm.
He is floundering worse at this point in time than ever before, but I do notice a certain world weariness from the population as they try and absorb daily idiocy from this president*.
Who is going to pay for this waste of National Guard manpower? The US taxpayer, or will the poor red states where this will take place foot the bill for their heros whims?
It remains unclear how many troops will be sent to the border
Probably two of them. That way he can say he did not lie when he said he would send 'troops', and that he kept his promise to the American people.
And he will bring those two to the White House and pin medals on them (as long as they praise his leadership).
What did Mexico do with all the money Obama gave them to secure THEIR Southern Boarder?
But yet cant get crap out of the Liberals to secure ours..............
Hypocrites!
We spend tens of billions on border security every year.
Please Verify.
Not tens of billons but well into the billions yearly.
The effects will be negligible at best. Illegal immigration in the form of border crossings has been effectively net zero for a few years now, the situation hasn't changed. As long as there is a demand here, drugs will still find their way across the border.