Posted on 07/10/2014 4:53:14 AM PDT by don-o
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked President Obama to deploy National Guard troops to handle the influx of unaccompanied minors crossing into South Texas.
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I thought the National Guard was called out by the governor. Do we have a federal National Guard?
And what would they do? Start shooting children?
If 0 sends the National Guard, it will merely be to hasten the dispersal of the illegals throughout our nation so they will be harder to rid ourselves of.
Repel at the border.
Obama and moochie have been using their daughters to politicize their “minimum wage” desires, saying want them to “go to work” for a taste of the real world”.
Well, here’s the perfect opportunity...send the girls to the border to care for the disease-ridden children. Baby-sitting is the perfect “first job” for the girls.
Oh, wait...it’s just OUR kids he wants to expose these plagues to...
Remember how Bush got blamed because the National Guard was not deployed quickly enough for hurricane Katrina? Then it was quitly revealed that a president cannot call up the Guard until the govenor declares a state of emergency (or something similar)?
The border is a Federal matter.
My depth of knowledge on the subject is shallow but.....
I guess money is the root problem
If the Governor orders the guard out, the state pays
If the President orders the guard out the Feds pay
The border is also the Texas state border...
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608005234306253415&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0
see my post 124 for the answer
I'm in the same boat. I always thought that the governors handled it. Federal troops aren't allowed to be deployed in the U.S.
GWB was absolutely despicable for not building the wall - especially after the 9-11 attacks.
True colors. State National Guard callups are at state expense. No money where the mouth is.
Make the feds reveal that they won’t cooperate with states.
This is war against the states. States can’t create money out of thin air while the feds can, so it’s a hardly a winnable fight given the public’s self-imposed restraint.
“The United States Constitution charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. Ordinarily under the control of the state government (in which the governor is the commander-in-chief) pursuant to Title 32 of the United States Code, National Guard troops may also be called into active federal service with the United States Army or the United States Air Force (in which the president serves as commander-in-chief) and deployed world-wide with their active duty Army and Air Force counterparts.
The Florida National Guard, like those of other states, provides trained and equipped units for prompt mobilization in case of war or national emergency. Guardsmen may take part in functions ranging from limited actions in non-emergency situations to full-scale law enforcement (martial law) in cases when the governor determines that ordinary law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The state mission assigned to the National Guard is ‘to provide trained and disciplined forces for domestic emergencies or as otherwise provided by state law.’
The Florida National Guard serves as the state's ‘defense force.’”
I should have included the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_National_Guard
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