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 invasion is on our southern border and you've ignored all the warnings up to now.
A-10. EOFS.
Track all you want, they’re coming in to get their goodies.
An emergency should have been officially implemented months ago. You’re way too late, Trump.
12,000? A-10s? Not enough. That’s basically an infantry division headed to our border.
Go with a B-52 strike.
Soros, Bezos, Zuckerberg and other democrats billionaires are financing the caravans of illegals to invade America and destroy it.
Maybe we should let them in, put them straight onto trains that will take them to a wonderful sanctuary city like San Francisco, and tell them to apply for asylum at Pelosi’s house. Meanwhile they can camp in the yard.
Wall funding in 24 hours.
I am loath to criticize my POTUS, but President Trump should have declared the national security emergency during his inaugural address.
Cannot see the point of waiting until February 15—and I sincerely hope that PDJT doesn’t acquiesce to anything less than the $5.7 Billion.
“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.”
So... we need the military guys there to build temporary holding facilities as they are processing in, and to give them medical attention?
We are so screwed.
No doubt napa nan’s house is unlocked for easy access right? And pantry stocked with ethnically correct food stuff. Cash on the kitchen counter with atm and credit cards laying around with pin numbers on the back. No? Then she and her ilk have no business talking NO WALL.
https://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-investigation
Watch this and realize how much illegals take from us taxpayers. Illegals claim many children on their taxes. One claimed 20 kids and 4 families living in his trailer. Turned out he had a wife and one child. He got 30,000 in tax refund. How much do you get?
The military is only being used to greet them and bring them in in a somewhat organized manner. They are doing nothing to repel them
The supply line for that is huge and expensive. Tell Mexico to take it out or we will. If food and water supplies are cut they won’t make it to the border. But once they make it to the border, US taxpayers start paying for food, water, and every other need.
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Yeah whats the point on tracking these Invaders unless it to time when us taxpayers have to roll out the red carpet of free medical and welfare for life for the newest mob of future Rat voters.
We’re witnessing the slow motion decline and fall of the American Empire.
This is going to go south fast, folks.
JoMa
Wake me up when the soldiers greet these diseased rabble with hot lead instead of open fing doors to the gd US Treasury. I’ve had it with this CRAP.
Cuz mowing down a couple dozens of them would keep millions Out, oh, that would be so cruel, it might save hundreds of real Americans from future crimes of violence, can’t have that!
“This is going to go south fast, folks.”
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No it isn’t——6 months from now it will be all forgotten and it will be on to something else.
That seems to be the way it is these days.
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