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According to two defense official familiar with the request, the Department of Homeland Security asked that the Pentagon provide a reserve force that could be called upon to provide "crowd and traffic control" and safeguard Customs and Border Protection personnel at the border to counter a group of Central American migrants walking to the US border to request asylum.
The Pentagon rejected the request on October 26, according to one of the officials, even as it signed off on providing DHS with air and logistics support, medical personnel and engineers.
The request was turned down because the Department of Defense felt that active duty troops do not have the authority to conduct that type of mission unless they are granted additional authorities by the President.
Ah so Dear Leader has met with the reality of governing. Pity for him.
Maybe one of you can educate me on this. I thought the posse comitatus acts prohibited the use of the military on US soil? so how can soldiers be used at the border? Unless we are declaring war on Mexico in which case wouldn't the Congress have to grant the president permission to do this? Apparently he's going to use executive orders to get all this done. How?
Maybe one of you can educate me on this. I thought the posse comitatus acts prohibited the use of the military on US soil? so how can soldiers be used at the border? Unless we are declaring war on Mexico in which case wouldn't the Congress have to grant the president permission to do this? Apparently he's going to use executive orders to get all this done. How?
That's the barb. Unbeknownst to the right wing-a-ding faithful.
I haven't followed this thread but I was amazed to the latest Trump lie: “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States . . . with all of those benefits,” https://youtu.be/9Jlh2AzYp8E
How is a president allowed to make such a gross lie? Most of the countries in the Americans have birthright, plus a few in Europe. About 30 in total.
Isn't this supposed to be the same people who support the constitution?
Well, you KNOW he doesn't know anything...he just SAYS stuff. Lying from the beginning.
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Lying from the beginning.