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What National Guard troops on the border can and can't do

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What National Guard troops on the border can and can't do

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April 9, 2018

Hundreds of troops are on the way to the US-Mexico border after President Trump signed a memo warning of a security crisis there. National Guardsmen are already meeting with US Customs and Border Protection officials to plan next steps. They'll work together, but in some ways troops will have to stay in the background; legal restrictions limit what they can do on US soil. Defense Secretary James Mattis has authorized the deployment of up to 4,000 National Guard personnel through September 30, 2018. There's a law that dates back more than a century known as "posse comitatus," which bars active-duty US troops from domestic law enforcement without authorization. Other laws and regulations have further clarified that troops can't participate in activities such as making arrests and conducting searches, according to a Congressional Research Service analysis. What isn't permitted? What can they do? Here's a look:

What they can't do:
• Arrest people
• Seize drugs
• Conduct searches

What they can do:
• Aviation
• Engineering
• Surveillance
• Communications
• Vehicle maintenance
• Logistical support

Basically, a support and supply mission.
 
Basically, a support and supply mission.

And it's great support and supplies for the border guards, just the cost outweighs the benefits IMO.
 
In my opinion, the U.S. military is to defend Americans and American interests from foreign aggression. Certainly an invasion of uninvited, unwelcome illegal migrants determined to defy our immigration laws and tap into and take American resources qualifies as foreign aggression. The U.S. military should have orders to stop that/prevent that by any reasonable means necessary just as they have orders to stop illegal entry onto a U.S. base and can use any reasonable means necessary to to that.
 

posse comitatus only applies to "regular Army", not the Nat'l Guard. Such an obvious and glaring mistake puts the lie to the whole stupid article. It's a lame attempt at making it sound like using the Nat'l Guard for enforcement isn't legal, yet the TRUTH is that if the governor of the state authorizes their use in that role (and that has occurred), it's 100% legal. So this article is basically very large load of steaming crap....
 
They're military helicopters, and therefore scary. It's a matter of image, not one of substance.

Green helicopters do not scare me or most people...
 
They're not supposed to scare you. They're supposed to make people think that they scare the illegals.

A couple Hellfire Missiles on those puppies and I would be scared...
 
Green helicopters do not scare me or most people...

You're right. The helicopters should be black and the crew in black suits and shades. Simple mistake, easily corrected, but will it be?
 
You're right. The helicopters should be black and the crew in black suits and shades. Simple mistake, easily corrected, but will it be?

What about black pilots and we paint a Kenyan flag on the choppers?

The illegals will turn back thinking they got the wrong border...
 
Basically, waste their time and the Peoples' money, that could be spent, actually doing something Constructive, in Puerto Rico.

there's always another way you can justify spending money. Puerto Rico is not an enemy state, we don't need to occupy it with soldiers full time. there's no national security interest in maintaining a large military presence on the island.
 
What about black pilots and we paint a Kenyan flag on the choppers?

The illegals will turn back thinking they got the wrong border...

Whoa, slow down, bad plan! They'll think Obama has risen to the thrown and flood this place.
 
Whoa, slow down, bad plan! They'll think Obama has risen to the thrown and flood this place.

I thought Obama was an Indonesian Muslim?
 
I thought Obama was an Indonesian Muslim?

No, that's where he was radicalized. Your plan would have resulted in millions flooding north. Let's take a little more time with our suggestions, shall we? That was reckless.
 
No, that's where he was radicalized. Your plan would have resulted in millions flooding north. Let's take a little more time with our suggestions, shall we? That was reckless.

But how would Obama be President of Kenya and why would Mexicans want to go there?
 
But how would Obama be President of Kenya and why would Mexicans want to go there?

They will presume the US has become The Kingdom of Obama. Are you trying to flood us with immigrants? I'm sensing a sabotage motive in your presentation. Maybe you want to destroy the US?
 
They will presume the US has become The Kingdom of Obama. Are you trying to flood us with immigrants? I'm sensing a sabotage motive in your presentation. Maybe you want to destroy the US?

Until the entire world is America I will not rest!!
 
there's always another way you can justify spending money. Puerto Rico is not an enemy state, we don't need to occupy it with soldiers full time. there's no national security interest in maintaining a large military presence on the island.

A corp of Engineers of the Guard, could make short work of Any problems on the island.
 
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