Posted on 08/09/2010 2:25:57 PM PDT by La Lydia
The 1,200 National Guard troops that are being deployed incrementally to the southwest border will not be doing direct law enforcement, said U.S. National Guard Bureau Director of Communications Jack Harrison when asked if the forces would be interdicting drugs and undocumented immigrants.
The two mission sets are criminal analysts and enter-identification team, Harrison told CNSNews.com. I can tell you that guardsmen will not be doing direct law enforcement on the southwest border.
In other words, the National Guardsmen will not be used to actually stop and detain illegal aliens trying to sneak across the border into the United States.
Harrison made his comments on Friday during a bloggers roundtable sponsored by the Department of Defense (DOD).
When CNSNews.com asked if the National Guard assessed whether 1,200 troops were adequate to accomplish the mission assigned by the Department of Homeland Security and DOD, Harrison said, DHS and DOD determined the number necessary for this request and I dont have anything further on that part of your question...
On July 19, Gen. Craig McKinley, commander of the National Guard, indicated that although the forces will be armed, they will be limited by rules of engagement that allow them to shoot only in self-defense. "The rules for the use of force will be well-coordinated, and they're the same as our counternarcotics teams that are there now -- for self-preservation only, self-defense only," he said.
Harrison further said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the DOD were responsible for determining the number of troops to be deployed incrementally along the approximately 2,000-mile southwest border.
This deployment involves up to 1,200 National Guardsmen for up to 365 days or 1 year, and it is scaled based on what DHS requested of DOD and is essentially to allow the hiring and training of approximately 1,000 more agents that is part of a larger plan at DHS for the southwest border, said Harrison.
One group will be rounding them up after they have been interdicted and the other will be registering them as Democrats so they can vote in November.
I figured out what the wise One is doing... see post #20. ;>)
Maybe they can direct pregnant Mexicans to the nearest maternity ward.
They are there strictly for political cover for the traitor-in-chief. They have orders to DO NOTHING.
LLS
I really tried to read through the article to see what the NatGuard troops will do to no avail?
ROFL. Yes, that’s excellent!
Scouts out! Cavalry Ho!
Dems give is failure Janets.
Every report I’ve ever heard says that the troops will be administrative and not used for “enforcement of the border.”
Political pawns instead of soldiers.
Arrrrgh. :0/
“Dems give is failure Janets.”
???
“They will be handing out voter registration cards and welfare eligibility information”
Along with water, candy bars and maps to major cities outside Arizona.
I meant... Dems give us failure Janets
No, the troops are there to investigate and assess the exact nature of the insurrection in AZ, so that the Federal Government will know who to arrest and where to send troops when the state’s righters go for a ‘2nd amendment solution.” POTUS duties include the duty to preserve the union and keep the peace.
AHA! (I was a little worried about you there for a minute... ;0)
Of course not, but consider the inner turmoil of being home, being invaded and can’t do anything.
LOL Even when I got the wording correct it was gibberish from my head. i e... incomplete sentence LOL I am not an English teacher don’t worry!
WHEN ARE WE PATRIOTS GOING TO OVERTHROW THIS CORRUPT, FASCIST AND DEGENERATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
Well, wait just a second here... what exactly did we expect armed troops to do on our southern border? Did anybody really think they were being put there to start just machine-gunning women and children running across the border? Setting claymores?
Really?
It’s all good.
Funny, but good. :0)
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