I was talking to someone last weekend who insisted that putting the National Guard on the border is useless because they will not be armed, nor will they have the authority to stop border-crossers. According to her, they’ll have to just stand there while illegals waltz across the border, thumbing their noses at them.
True?
Yep, but they can report them after the fact.
The Guard will be armed depending
on assigned duties, but only for
self defense. Can’t very well go
after drug runners who are shooting
at (you), without the ability to
defend one’s self and shoot back.
They (the Guard) will not be able
to approach or detain border
jumpers, but the BP officers the
Guard is imbedded with will.
Drug runners have been known to
shoot at BP helicopters, I would
assume the drug runners would have
no qualms shooting at Guard helicopters
also.