DHS Sec: Trump To Deploy National Guard To Border 'Immediately'

[DonViejo]

By Kate Riga | April 4, 2018 3:49 pm

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen announced at the White House press briefing on Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to send members of the National Guard to bolster security at the United States’ southern border.

“The President has directed the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to work together with the governors to deploy the National Guard to the southwest border to assist border patrol,” she said. “The President will be signing a proclamation to that effect today.”

She did not disclose how many troops would be sent, nor the cost of the endeavor, but asserted that they would be deployed “immediately.” She added that, at this point in the plan, the troops are intended to operate in a support, not enforcement, capacity.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/department-of-homeland-security-plans-to-deploy-national-guard-to-border

[Binkie The Clown]

1. And whatr exactly will they do once there?

Pitch tents and dig trenches? Set up checkpoints? March up and down the fence lines?

I don't think Trump has the slightest clue what the hell he's doing. There's going to be a lot of guardsmen standing around picking their noses with nothing to do.

[stevenleser]

5. Exactly, standing around picking their noses with nothing to do when they have families and jobs

back where they live.

These folks did not join the Guard to be called up and deployed for stupidity.

[oberliner]

9. Sing songs of joy and peace?

[0rganism]

23. Trump may not know what he's doing, but you can be damned sure...

...Putin knows.

[onecaliberal]

2. Along the California border with Mexico its hoyter than hell.

[meadowlark5]

3. The deplorables must be having a mixture of feelings

confidence that their supreme leader is doing so much to keep them safe - yet quite paranoid and frightened that a directive like this must mean there is an army of murderous illegals plotting to cross the border, killing and raping and stealing their jobs.

[berni_mccoy]

4. Unless a State is in an Emergency, Only the Governor of that state has this authority.

According to current law.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. The law? The law you say?

Trump cares about law?

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. As I was so nicely corrected regarding state governor approval earlier..I will

share what I have learned...

A recent law, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, expanded the president’s authority to activate guard units, eliminating the need for approval from the state governor.

Who knew...

[berni_mccoy]

13. Yes, I am aware. That provision was repealed in 2008 after unanimous protest from all 50 governors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R._5122_(2006)

In 2008, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 struck much of the existing text in section 1076

[rzemanfl]

14. I don't think that is current law. Trying to figure this bullshit out. n/t

[rzemanfl]

11. Drumpf doesn't think about laws. I don't believe he thinks at all.

I suppose he can federalize the National Guard. I would expect some states to resist/refuse and other Governors to kiss his orange anus.

[Luz]

29. Texass has Gov. Abbott...a trumpster. He'll go along.

[pnwest]

8. that stupid fuck honestly believes there's a "caravan" coming, doesn't he?!

I mean, come on, man!

[oberliner]

10. A Huge Caravan Of Central Americans Is Headed For The US, And No One In Mexico Dares To Stop Them

Article:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/a-huge-caravan-of-central-americans-is-headed-for-the-us?utm_term=.iiQJVZW1d#.ax720lzkG

[pnwest]

24. hell, that's what i get for skimming headlines when I'm working -

I saw "caravan" and "trump" in a few headlines the other day and immediately wrote it off as RW hyserical propaganda. Didn't realize it was a thing......

[John Fante]

26. It IS right-wing hysteria.

Border patrol can easily handle the situation.

[Buns_of_Fire]

27. Yep. Thousands and thousands of these, waiting to cross the border...

Be afraid, Rumpo. Be very afraid.

[sarah FAILIN]

12. It is cheaper than a wall.

This has been my carrot from day 1. Let the NG patrol and keep the talk of building the fiasco of a wall down to nothing till Trump is gone.

My dad was in NG over 30 years. He built the airports at the Panama Canal. He would have done a great job keeping the border roads hot.

[awesomerwb1]

15. It's for the base

Now dump can lie about having stopped an invasion and since nobody in the right wing media will fact check him he'll be the "strong leader" who took matters into his own hands because the Democrats want open borders yadda yadda yadda.

[John Fante]

30. It's a double edged sword though.

Thanks to this move by Gump, numerous pundits have pointed out that border apprehendions are at a 47-year low. The base may not be getting this information, but the other 70% of eligible voters are.

[OhZone]

16. To keep people from leaving the US? nt

[rzemanfl]

17. I found this-

10 U.S. Code § 12406 - National Guard in Federal service: call
US Code
Notes
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Whenever—
(1)the United States, or any of the Commonwealths or possessions, is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation;
(2)there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States; or
(3)the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States;
the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws. Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(f)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2994; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(5), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.)

[rzemanfl]

20. Gotta wash socks. BBL. n/t

[spanone]

19. it's the trump campaign paid for by republican and democratic taxpayers

[gratuitous]

21. I guess we worry about how to pay for it later

At least the supply lines will be considerably shorter than they are for our occupying forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[spanone]

22. we'll see what Jerry Brown has to say about troops on his border

[smirkymonkey]

25. This will turn out well.

[C_U_L8R]

28. Trump is an idiot and this is a non-starter

It's going nowhere without approval (and budget) from Congress and each state's Governor. I can hear Jerry Brown laughing at Trump clear across the country.