Gustavo Arellano is the California columnist for the Los Angeles Times opinion section, and a lifelong resident of Orange County, California
Posted on 04/04/2018 11:44:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Sending troops to the border not only violates American law, it is the least politically savvy play the president could make.
Donald Trump is threatening to place soldiers on the U.S.-Mexico border to face off against a thousand-strong caravan of Central Americans who started in Honduras and are slowly winding their way through Mexico and plan to enter los Estados Unidos. And I can’t wait: Those refugees need Marines to protect them from ICE agents.
Our Coast Guard should have bulk tents, water, food and showers for everyone who shows up. And who better than Uncle Sam’s troops to offer a formal apology for directly and indirectly creating the conditions that have forced so many Central Americans to make the trek north over the past four decades in the first place.
So, unlike many of my fellow open-borderistas, I welcome news that Donald Trump wants to send in the troops. It’ll be far more cost-effective than a border wall, and it wouldn't hurt to call back our fighting men, women and transgender people from all of our imperialist adventures across the world and place them on la frontera.
Alas, my dream won’t happen. Brigades-on-the-border are just another saber rattle by a president who always seeks scapegoats among the most oppressed of people. He’s found a perfect candidate with this caravan, which he has already cast as evil-doers whom must be kept out, regardless of the Constitution, federal law or the federal budget.
If any of those in the caravan get sent back and die at the hands of the people they traveled so far to escape, the blood will be on Trump’s hands. Our troops deserve better than to be used as pawns in some reality-show reality by a power-hungry and attention-seeking tyrant.
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Gustavo Arellano is the California columnist for the Los Angeles Times opinion section, and a lifelong resident of Orange County, California
The fat lady hasn’t sung yet, Gustavo
Isn’t that special?
Funny. No complaints when obama did it...
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“Sending troops to the border not only violates American law”
Good to know that Mexican leftists are worried about what’s best for Trump.
NBC = Nothing But Counterfeit; Nothing But Crap
Don’t believe these Lying Leftist Media outlets that proved themselves during the 2016 campaign to be operatives of the DNC and intentional liars. They are presumed to be lying and we should presume what they publish is a lie. The presumption can only be rebutted with the outlet providing clear and convincing evidence they are not lying.
Why not post the TRUTH about the lies? You don't have to use the liar as the source to post a headline that alerts readers to a published lie. Use yourself as the source or a reasonably reliable source that addresses what the Lying Leftist source is saying. That way you have a headline and a source that your readers can reasonably rely on and they go away more informed about the lie AND the truth.
If this story is true and has some redeeming value, at least get the story from a reasonably reliable source, not from a known Lying Leftist operative posing as a “news” organization. You’ve done the Patriotic Right a service. Much better than the mindless repetition of lying sources and their lying headlines.
If we’re told a lie, don’t repeat it. Neutralize the lie by speaking the truth. Lies aren’t defeated by repeating the lie. Lies are defeated by repeating the truth. We should have our eyes on the prize - in this case, politically, what it takes to recover our Free Constitutional Republic. That should be what we major on and focus on.
IMO, if a poster can't be bothered to do that, then they shouldn't post. If they're going to be bothered to post, do it right. We're on a mission here.
First line, first lie. Sending troops does not violate the law now any more than it did when Obama and Bush activated the national guard for similar duties. They are not allowed to act as police, but they are very much allowed to act as spotters for the border patrol.
Gustavo is a racist demagogue.
Bull shit. Having the military guard the border does not violate “American law”.
My guess is this writer is and illegal or DREAMer”
El autor es idiota. El presidente ya hizo.
Pure BS. Defending our country IS the reason for a military in the first place. Stupid libtards.
This is satire, right? Right?
Apparently, President Trump is a lot smarter than Mrs. Clinton.
If troops can’t defend our own border, why the fxxk we have troops in Iraq, Syria, Korea, Okinawa, Geermany and hundred other places? Are we really that stupid?
Gustavo comes across as a douchebag.
Excellent point!!
Defending the border violates the law?
Somebody should have told Gen. Pershing that, huh.
Okay? What law does it violate?
If you make such a statement you had better back it up with facts.
Coast Guard? This guy is a day late and three dollars short. We should ‘greet’ them with cluster munitions.
Defending the country from foreign invasion is against the law...LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL..
Gustavo Arellano sez: Sending troops to the border not only violates American law...
What follows that blatant lie is irrelevant. Check his citizenship status. Thanks Oldeconomybuyer.
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