Posted on 04/11/2018 1:32:14 PM PDT by Rusty0604
Read Gov. Brown's full letter below.
Dear Secretary Nielsen and Secretary Mattis:
Pursuant to your request, the California National Guard will accept federal funding to add approximately 400 Guard members statewide to supplement the staffing of its ongoing program to combat transnational crime. This program is currently staffed by 250 personnel statewide, including 55 at the California border.
Your funding for new staffing will allow the Guard to do what it does best: support operations targeting transnational criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers along the border, the coast and throughout the state. Combating these criminal threats are priorities for all Americans – Republicans and Democrats. That’s why the state and the Guard have long supported this important work and agreed to similar targeted assistance in 2006 under President Bush and in 2010 under President Obama.
But let’s be crystal clear on the scope of this mission. This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And the California National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws.
Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California).
I agree with the Catholic Bishops who have said that local, state and federal officials should “work collaboratively and prudently in the implementation of this deployment, ensuring that the presence of the National Guard is measured and not disruptive to community life.”
I look forward to working with you on this important effort.
Sincerely,
Edmund G. Brown Jr.
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Edmund Brown’s memo reminds me of line form a movie - Trump should say to Edmund Brown “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you” and slam the door in his face.
:-)
Too funny - doing what he has to do so his refusal doesn’t end up stepping on his own gonads and then adding a bit of bluster to save face...
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
California Governor Jerry Brown is doing the right thing and sending the National Guard to the Border. Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!
5:08 AM · Apr 12, 2018
Which he already is.
Brown risked the embarrassment of Trump federalizing the CA NG
Could still happen. He might want to put a sock in it.
Winning...
“Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California.”
Probably true, they’re already here! We need another “Day Without Mexicans” protest here so we can have a day when our highways are not clogged and we can go about our business as we used to before they came. But think of the horror of all the lawns that would go un-mowed that day, and how many Home Depot parking lots would be devoid of day workers.
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