Posted on 11/20/2017 3:46:09 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — In a policy interview here, Republican senatorial candidate Roy Moore advocated for the Trump administration to immediately deploy the U.S. military to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border while plans for a wall are being strategized.
“I believe that we can stop illegal aliens from coming across our border within a matter of a week using the United States military to support the border patrol,” Moore stated. “That is not a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. It has been done by numerous presidents.”
“And then we have the money, as soon as possible we can build a wall to stop these illegal aliens from coming across our border. I think we should act on these things and we should do them as soon as possible,” he said.
“We need border security and we can have border security by simply taking action to do it,” Moore added. “But right now, you can’t get Congress moving except on things that they want for their own home districts.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
An idea long past it’s time for implemented!
Many people have said this throughout the years, the reason it is not done is because of some treaty we have with Mexico. I forget the particulars.
The cost of the wall is nothing compared to the cost of NOT building the wall.
The purpose of the military is to defend the country’s people, which includes defending the country’s borders.
Uh, I'm for pouring burning oil over a wall onto invaders. That's what I would do. Too many weak-minded liberals running things here, letting the invasion proceed unchecked.
This.
This is why the DC swamp is scared shitless of someone like Roy Moore.
Yes.... We need this man in the Senate.... And while you’re at it.... Let’s make sure Mexico with their troops on their border to stop them from coming over
Posse Comitatus
Border Patrol was founded in part because of this.
Example:
https://www.thoughtco.com/posse-comitatus-act-military-on-border-3321286
Another echo of the War Between the States and Reconstruction
Could A 50-Year-Old Treaty Stop The Border Wall?
http://kut.org/post/could-50-year-old-treaty-stop-border-wall
SNIP
The commission is both in Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, and is normally a quiet job about diplomacy and allocation of water, Burnett says. But Rascón told Burnett he was gravely concerned about what a concrete wall would do to the river, especially in the Rio Grande Valley.
“Mexico has been growing more and more alarmed as they see plans for Trump’s wall progress,” Burnett says. “In the west desert on the Arizona-Mexico border we have proven examples that border security fencing has clogged with debris and has caused very serious flooding in places. ... These walls, when they get clogged with debris, act like a dam.”
A 1970 treaty signed by both countries says neither side can put an obstruction in the floodplain, unless both countries sign off.
“If both sides don’t agree, then it’s a treaty violation,” Burnett says. “This is absolutely a mutual treaty. And up to this point Antonio Rascón ... said the U.S. has tried to accommodate us, but in the end they have gone on with the 670 miles of wall – much of which we have protested against.”
Rascón told Burnett that the U.S. has been repeatedly violating the treaty without a response to Mexico’s growing complaints. Until now, there’s been little pushback from Mexico, but it’s different now, Burnett says.
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full article at link above
Outstanding, carve that in stone, and get it done.
The cost of the wall is nothing compared to the cost of NOT building the wall.
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I agree that the cost of not stopping the invasion must be overcome.
However the Far East, Asia, etc. now are a major contributor of the
illegals in the USA may be as high as the number from the southern border.
Judge Moore, I firmly believe you believe what you are saying. I’m not at all convinced any more that Trump means what he says.
For some reason Trump has gone to asleep when it comes to things right here at home. Using the military would not cost us a damn penny since they are already in service and would be good experience.
Tribune reader’s poll: Moore leads Jones for U.S. Senate seat:
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And arm the soldiers for a change?
Agree 100%. This is an INVASION. It is the FEDERAL government’s job to protect the states from invasion. Such clarity is just one reason I am voting Roy Moore.
Please explain how enforcing Article 4 Section 4 is a bad idea. Are you some kind of troll?
Is that you Zachary ?
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