Posted on 03/06/2020 4:10:24 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The government is sending 160 soldiers to help border agents block the migrant surge that is expected if the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down the Migrant Protection Protocols.
The MPP program has sent roughly 60,000 migrants back into Mexico, prior to their eventual asylum hearings in the United States. The return policy deters migration by preventing migrants from getting the U.S. jobs they need to repay their smuggling loans — unless they eventually win their backlogged courtroom claims.
Some of the 30,000 migrants waiting in Mexico rushed for the border February 28 when the court declared the MPP program to be illegal. The court then quickly put a stay on its decision to block the MPP until March 12, pending any Supreme Court intervention.
The California-based court also decided to allow the MPP program to operate in Texas.
Officials at the Department of Justice have asked the Supreme Court to extend the delay.
Administration officials are sending the troops to the border out of fear the migrants will try to overwhelm the border defenses on March 12.
Officials also said the extra troops could help prevent the migration of people with diseases, such as the Covid-19 disease from China.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s “mission is to secure our nation’s borders, and measures such as the Crisis Response Force employment allow CBP to do just that,” a senior agency official told reporters March 6. He continued:
Based on the pending MPP decision, continued concerns of large groups attempting to forcibly enter through [Ports of Entry] PoEs, and Covid-19 containment and mitigation concerns, CBP has activated the Crisis Response Force.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Hopefully fully armed and operational
Send claymores. Mines, not swords.
30,000 people rushing the border is an invasion and should be met with deadly force. Call Spooky if the border guards need more firepower. Time for this nonsense to end and time for us to be hugh and serious about our border.
They’re not migrants. They are an illegal alien invasion force.
Just start shooting the invading bastards. It’s that easy...
Trump needs to declare a health emergency and close the border.
60000+ illegals with fraudulent asylum claims abusing our laws, scamming the system
If any of the CBP or military personnel get injured due to a border crush caused by the obammy judges, they should be held responsible for their decisions.
The 9th better think long and hard before they allow a lot of people from Mexico into the country, they may well import the virus and be responsible for the sickness and deaths of millions.
Agreed
Like they care?
You forgot that women won the right to vote some time back :)
Dozens of dead Mexican children on TV and in the news 24/7 and Trump would a HUGE amount of voters.
I agree with you.
But politically it is just something that cannot be done.
But there has to be a middle ground where a strong use of force is used and if a few mexicans die, that won’t sway votes.
You forgot that women won the right to vote some time back :)
Dozens of dead Mexican children on TV and in the news 24/7 and Trump would a HUGE amount of voters.
I agree with you.
But politically it is just something that cannot be done.
But there has to be a middle ground where a strong use of force is used and if a few mexicans die, that won’t sway votes.
Let us know when they send 16,000 armed and ready to repel an invasion, otherwise it is just feel good nonsense.
You’re going to need divisions of troops and citizen militias.
I thought the NINTH CIRCUIT was Majority Conservatives now!!
I dont believe the whole court ruled on the MPP. If I understand correctly it was a 2-1 decision. The majority of the court is conservative but only so many judges rule on each case.
Cruel comments about killing unarmed invaders do not represent many conservatives. They should send a batallion. And lethal force is appropriate if American lives are at risk. (Crossing the Mexican border doesn’t mean they are Mexican.) Your illega or cruel attitudes are not determined by nationality, color or language.
And if they’re able to set even one toe on our soil they have the “right” to be lawyered up and then they’ll disappear never to be seen again... until they apply for welfare.
Was anticipating a Schumer quote
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