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Government seeks designs for 'physically imposing' border wall
CNN ^ | March 18, 2017 | By Gregory Wallace

Posted on 03/18/2017 2:04:27 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

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To: spintreebob

He’s already hiring 10,000 more agents as well. So, I suppose we are getting the best of both worlds.


41 posted on 03/19/2017 11:16:05 AM PDT by HollyB
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The media, Democrats and RINOs are always bitching about no armed military to guard the border, but their position has never been supported by Posse Comitatus or the actual history of the US military on our Mexican border.

Posse Comitatus applies to Americans in the country and not foreign invaders crossing our borders into the country. In fact, it is the federal goverment’s Constitutional duty (Article 4) to protect us from foreign invasion.

And from the time of the Mexican-American war (1846-48) until well into the 20th century, an armed US military was a constant presence on that border.

A non-censored look at history reveals many instances of the US military taking armed action on and even across the Mexican border against invaders of both the non-military and military type. For just two, check out the bandit Pancho Villa, General Pershing and Columbus NM and also the Battle of Ambos Nogales. During neither of these US military actions on the border was the US “at war with Mexico.”

But today armed Mexican military units are very active on the border and have even made many incursions across the border into the US - while open-border media and politicians sweep them under the rug and the US military is allowed to respond.

42 posted on 03/19/2017 3:36:59 PM PDT by drpix
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CORRECTION:

"and the US military is NOT allowed to respond.

43 posted on 03/19/2017 3:39:30 PM PDT by drpix
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