White House gives border troops permission to use force ahead of caravan arrival

[SummerSnow]

by Anna Giaritelli
| November 21, 2018 11:24 AM


President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, reportedly signed a "Cabinet order" late Tuesday that gives the thousands of U.S. troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border permission to carry out some law enforcement tasks and use force in certain situations in dealing with as many as 10,000 Central American migrants who have traveled to the country as part of a caravan.

The memo says "Department of Defense military personnel" can "perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary” to protect themselves and all U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, including “a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search," according to the Military Times.

Approximately 5,800 active-duty troops and 2,100 National Guard troops are stationed at various regions of the southern border.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-gives-border-troops-permission-to-use-force-ahead-of-caravan-arrival

[Harker]

1. And the "militia" members

get the tacit approval to open fire.

[Autumn]

2. Does fucking John Kelly's "Cabinet order" override the Constitution?

[sakabatou]

3. I'm sure this won't cause an international incident

[roamer65]

4. If any of you troops fire, it's a war crime.

I will support sending you to The Hague for prosecution.