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Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 29, 2018 10:55 PM EDT | Robert Burns, Collen Long and Jill Colvin

Posted on 10/29/2018 10:07:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants moving north in slow-moving caravans that are still hundreds of miles from the U.S.

The number of troops being deployed is more than double the 2,000 who are in Syria fighting the Islamic State group.

Trump, eager to keep voters focused on illegal immigration in the lead-up to the elections, stepped up his dire warnings about the caravans, tweeting, “This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!”

But any migrants who complete the long trek to the southern U.S. border already face major hurdles — both physical and bureaucratic — to being allowed into the United States.

In an interview Monday, Trump said the U.S. would build “tent cities” for asylum seekers. […]

The Pentagon’s “Operation Faithful Patriot” was described by the commander of U.S. Northern Command as an effort to help Customs and Border Protection “harden the southern border” by stiffening defenses at and near legal entry points. Advanced helicopters will allow border protection agents to swoop down on migrants trying to cross illegally, said Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy.

Troops planned to bring heavy concertina wiring to unspool across open spaces between ports. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; aliens; caravan; elsalvador; guatemala; honduras; illegals; invaders; pentagon
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To: Olog-hai

Setting up tents - sounds like a job for Sheriff Joe....


21 posted on 10/30/2018 3:54:20 AM PDT by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: snoringbear

95% of the horde is male between 18-40 years old.


22 posted on 10/30/2018 4:24:02 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: trebb

They are being bussed up today and climbing on top of fuel trucks by the dozens.


23 posted on 10/30/2018 4:27:46 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: dp0622

Hadrian had a plan, a wall, and funding. Kept the pesky Caledonians out of the civilized side of the wall in Britainia.

(Romans really didn’t want to fight them, they were more vicious and effective than themselves)


24 posted on 10/30/2018 4:40:57 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: snoringbear

That’s actually brilliant. But might turn them into mujahideros and Al Caidos, remember the Pakistan (mehico) allies we had and blowback?


25 posted on 10/30/2018 4:43:45 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: melsec

We also need to get rid of birthright citizenship in the USA.


26 posted on 10/30/2018 4:53:47 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: trebb
Some lib reporter will think of making that comparison.

Of course, no reporting on Joe’s successor. When it comes to the lib media, no news is bad news.
27 posted on 10/30/2018 7:59:02 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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