How many Mexican troops, across how wide a front?
This is one situation where cutting out the readily identifiable illegal "demand" will solve 90% of the "supply" problem.Simply act on already set up guidelines. Enforcing existing laws against hiring illegal workers would go a loooong way in lowereing the flood of illegal invaders, and make it possible for the border patroll to actually patroll the borders.
While I wish action had been taken years ago,I would rather see what the new combined homeland agency mission shakes out to look like before I start screaming for additional roles for the DOD.They seem to be a little bit busy right now.
Mexican troops are assisting in illegal drug smuggling therefore the drug smuggling is militarized as far as American citizens are concerned. This is also an easy avenue for terrorists and weapon smuggling.
We need to get troops on the border until we can get the mass numbers under control while we also kick illegal aliens out and get them off American welfare.