A SUPPORT role, not their to SECURE the border as originally announced. No different on the surface than what Bush Junior or Obama did. Even the DHS secretary confirms this a few minutes ago. Troops are not there to secure the border. Guess they better get their smiles and waves down pat as the illegals walk right on by them. Sad.
Of course it is a support role. The border patrol is there to secure the border. The National Guard will support them.
Why am I not surprised?
They can provide support and help AT THE BORDER. They don’t need to be sitting around somewhere in the rear PRETENDING to help.
Have you been on the border when the National Guard is there? Do you know anything about what they do to help secure the border? I would bet you don’t. I do know they make a huge difference in manpower. They are not trained to be immigration inspectors- nor have knowledge of our immigration laws. They do tasks that normally tie up tons of BP agents in day to day operations. That means far more BP agents can be in the field doing that job, that they are trained for instead of doing tasks that are support in nature.
The National Guard also does surveillance and communication and other things that they are great at, those things allow BP agents to be far more efficient at their job. More eyes and ears are always needed on the border. The National Guard does help secure the border in more ways than you can imagine.
Sending National Guard to the border is very effective, as long as it is part of an overall plan. There is no one magic potion that will solve all the border issues presto.
President Trump has an overall plan and has been implementing it from day one to secure the border and deport illegals. Much of what is being done is not being reported but it is happening. In the past there was no will to really secure the border, or deport or otherwise inconvenience illegals- there was no plan- one thing would be done...then randomly another. No layers of real effort like we have now. That is the difference.
I can say I have not seen the National Guard greet illegals as they pass by, that is completely bogus and no relation to reality.
Exactly. I knew that from the start. The Guard are going there to make coffee for the Border Patrol, and clean and scrub their offices. No guns. No bullets. No muscle. It's a brazen phony photo op.
We've been played for years. This is a page out of the same old playbook.
Depending on the number of NG it may well triple the US presence on the border.
“The influx is causing agents to be taken off the front line to assist with processing the families and unaccompanied minors. This leads to gaps in security and not enough agents to back each other up in the field.”
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3644567/posts
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector continue to be overwhelmed by the numbers of illegal border crossers, they say. The sector continues to lead the nation in Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC), Family Unit Aliens (FMUA), and total apprehensions.
We are seeing huge numbers this year,” Agent Cabrera stated. “The numbers in February were much higher than the same month in the previous two years.
During the first six months of this fiscal year (which began on October 1, 2017), CBP reports indicate that RGV Sector agents apprehended more than 52,000 illegal immigrants.
“We have the buildings to handle the influx of these people,” Cabrera explained, “but we don’t have the manpower. The influx is causing agents to be taken off the front line to assist with processing the families and unaccompanied minors. This leads to gaps in security and not enough agents to back each other up in the field.”
Cabrera outlined the consequences.
“This leads to lawsuits against the agency for overcrowding and not being able to meet court-imposed processing deadlines,” he continued. “It also creates an agent safety issue when we don’t have enough agents on the line to provide backup.”
Border Patrol agents are frequently assaulted while on duty, Breitbart Texas reported. During the first six months of Fiscal Year 2018, CBP indicated that illegal aliens assaulted more than 230 agents.