Posted on 10/29/2018 8:02:24 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
(CNN) — Defense Secretary James Mattis has authorized the deployment of more troops to the US-Mexico border, the Pentagon announced Friday.
The deployment will start with an undetermined number of forces heading to the border by the end of the month, and could eventually grow in size to 800 troops or more, a defense official said.
It's a move aimed at sending a message as a migrant caravan makes its way through Mexico, bound for the US border, drawing the ire of President Trump.
But it's important to note that even though troops are involved, the military isn't bracing for battle.....
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That’s what I thought. Good to know.
In furtherance of the border-defense mission, the military could use their UAV assets to monitor border crossings, and alert border patrol to locations where people are trying to cross.
I wonder if a declaration of Martial Law is in the plan. Invasion is one of the justifications for a declaration.
It would seem to me that if I was President and I COULD do it, I'd make the active and armed military a force directly attributable FOR border security.
Just because you don't WANT to shoot somebody shouldn't inhibit your DUTY to do so.
Cops face this every day and are trained to think in a certain fashion controlling bad shoots.
No she did not.
There is ample SCOTUS precedent which states that until you have cleared customs and immigration you are not technically in the United States, and constitutional protections do not apply.
This is how ICE gets away with invasive examinations of laptops and cell phones at border posts.
So as long as the migrant has not cleared customs it would seem he is technically not here, and they can do what they want with him.
This is infuriating. Like the “stand down” orders for police as Antifa beats, kicks and tear gasses a white haired man who went to an outdoor political gathering. Just watch or lean against a building as anti-white male agitators surround and threaten a man in his car driving on city street and can’t go in reverse to leave. They also hit his nice car with a metal rod-—and the driver was in trouble the next day with police for not properly letting “pedestrians” have right of way as they illegally mobbed the street! What happened to their needing a signed parade permit? I thought this was America.
What I want:
Troops receive new orders in message.
Supplemental and replacing directive 21-A. 21-B states “If migrant applicant resists then beat his sorry rear end to kingdom come. No quarter.”
“Trump can send 100,000. Crappy rules of engagement will render them worthless.”
Jeb! is that you? Are you gonna tell us next that the invasion is an “act of love?”
We had the military active on the Southern border in response to Pancho Villa.
So we have precedence to respond.
Oh, how I remember that debacle. You are right. But then what Janet Reno did was obscene.
It seems to me the declaration of Martial Law is a good tactic to use.
..... What I am taking about is that this whole problem becomes real when these invaders set foot on OUR soil ....... So it should be incumbent upon our Government to prevent these Trespassers from crossing onto US Soil. Always Remember .... Once they are here they become the responsibility and wards of the United States and all of it's laws until they can .... if ever .... be deported back to their origin.
... I figure that the US, If the Powers that Be haven't already done so, need to tell Mexico to immediately begin setting up holding facilities on their side of the border at the prospective crossing areas to handle this crisis located at least a mile from our border on Mexican Soil. ..... Then quickly negotiate an agreement between the two nations to have American personnel interview prospective refugees. Then any that are deemed non acceptable should be returned to their originating country and charge the processing and transportation expenses billed to their home countries. The proceeds garnered could then be added to the Build the Wall fund.
.... Hey .... It's not perfect .... But heck ..... It would at least be a start ..... But to repeat my previous statement ..... This whole problem becomes an absolute reality when these invaders set foot on OUR soil ....... So it should be incumbent upon our Government to prevent these Trespassers from crossing onto US Soil.
I’ll leave it to the President to do what he can. I don’t need a lecture fro CNN.
I hope the President has a ton of historians and Constitutional scholars researching and telling him the FACTS about his options.
The article’s author at least says this: “Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Fox News on Friday that the military has “no intention” of shooting at anyone in the caravan, but she noted that officers of her agency and troops alike have the right to defend themselves.”
Agreed.
I should have posted a “barf alert” with this article.
Don’t be fooled.
“Posse Comitatus” has absolutely f&$k all to do with securing the border. It refers to (generally) the prohibition on using US military as law enforcement on US citizens within the confines of the US.
What do these airheads think the military is actually for? If not to protect against invasion, then they are dumber than I thought, which is saying something.
I like the way US military assets are spread far and wide across the globe for decades now, requiring many trillions of dollars, countless injuries and deaths, yet somehow, Americans are enjoined from using the military to protect our own borders, due to a somewhat obscure piece of legislation that is not even remotely applicable. I’m sure Random Hawaiian Judge will set us all straight. F these people.
In fact, it is required.
Don’t have to shoot anyone.
Just prevent them from coming in.
If they get violent, THEN shooting becomes warranted.
If this is what the troops can and cannot do they send them home and pull down the existing fence and fill America with the worst bunch of criminals in South America. Sorry, Trump but an invasion is war. Just don’t get it yet. When these start killing Americans, your heart will bleed for the dead. Don’t worry, I’m loaded and will get a few before they get me.
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