Posted on 01/29/2019 11:26:18 AM PST by jazusamo
The U.S. government is tracking three separate migrant caravans, one of them estimated to be more than 12,000 people in size, heading north toward the U.S., a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.
Defense Undersecretary for Policy John Rood told Congress that those caravans are one reason why the presence of active-duty troops is still needed on the U.S.-Mexico border.
He also said military medical personnel are helping with the latest border problem, dealing with an increase in sick migrants showing up at the border and in need of immediate attention.
Some 2,300 active-duty troops are still on the border, down from 5,900 who were initially ordered deployed in late October, ahead of previous caravans. Thats in addition to about 2,000 National Guard troops who have been on the border since earlier last year.
Mr. Rood said some of the active-duty troops will be on the border through Sept. 30.
New House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith questioned why the mission was expanded from guard to active-duty troops, calling that a very rare move.
Vice Admiral Michael Gilday, director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they just didnt have enough capacity within the National Guard to fulfill the requests President Trump and the Homeland Security Department made.
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The real problem is ‘catch and release.’ Why has that not been fixed by the previous congress and executive branches. Is it fear of the courts or a lack of real interest in solving the problem?
Where’s the pictures ?
And a new contingent of Troops is now heading to the border. Exactly what is required to call a National Emergency! The sheep have been had by the Wolves. The Sheppard is there waiting to corral them at the BORDER and not across it!
Obama's military purged of all constitutionally-loyal flag officers.
Obama's DOJ and FBI Director Wray.
Robert Mueller and his gang of seventeen.
Obama's DHS.
Obama's USSC.
Obama's House and San Fran Nan and 40 additional Democrat seats.
Obama's Senate and Chuckie.
Obama's bureaucrats everywhere.
Bush'e AG.
Obama's health care plan.
All alive and well.
Exactly the same as it would have been under Clinton.
Trump failed miserably to do his due diligence and mercilessly clean house and purge the govt. the way the Democrats do whenever they take power in an election.
Now he gets to share his Pyrrhic presidency with all of these termites and cockroaches, in an administration running on two cylinders, leaking oil, and almost completely out of gas.
The Camp of The Saints for real!
Freeloading, Caucasian-hating invaders and killers flowing across our borders and nobody gives a s*** enough to do anything about it. We’ve got one heck of a government here.
What I want to know is what are these Central American Countries going to do when their entire population is in Mexico on our southern border?
The boys and girls who work along the border are going to be pretty damn busy preparing welcome baskets for that many invaders. Lots of sh*tty diapers on the way that they are going to need to change.
Tell the coon-asses.
Seriously! The Villages Venezuela.
Remind me again what happened with the previous caravans.
They’re trying to overwhelm our ability to stop them.
At which time we need to defend the border, not just greeting them at the border and letting them in.
WAPO just can't help itself.
The SS has reported to the Fuhrer that there seems to be a massive build up of migrants on England's southern shores.
Our representatives in France seem to have mixed emotions on what to do about it.
Many want to repel them with any force necessary, should they try to traverse the peaceful waters of the Channel.
Others claim they are merely looking to make a better life for themselves; trying to escaping all the bombing and destruction that so many Englishmen seem to be fretting about lately.
We on the front await official ruling from Berghof before proceeding.
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