President Trump Signs Proclamation Instructing Secretary of Defense To Bolster DHS at Southern U.S. Border – IOTW Report

President Trump Signs Proclamation Instructing Secretary of Defense To Bolster DHS at Southern U.S. Border

CTH: Today President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the National Guard to be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border.  Earlier today DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen explained the process:

In a memorandum to Defense Secretary Mattis, Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump states the “situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis.”  The document orders the Secretary of Defense to support the Department of Homeland Security in securing the southern border to stop the flow of drugs and people.

FROM THE WHITE HOUSEWHAT: President Donald J. Trump is authorizing the deployment of the National Guard to support the Border Patrol in its mission to protect our country and stop the stream of illegal immigration.

To give our Border Patrol agents the support they deserve, President Trump is authorizing the deployment of National Guard units to the southern border to aid their mission.  MORE

10 Comments on President Trump Signs Proclamation Instructing Secretary of Defense To Bolster DHS at Southern U.S. Border

  1. JUST SAYIN

    You think you are facetious but you are not.
    In the ’65 Willow Brook riots Marines “patrolled ” the streets of Compton with ’03 Springfields WITH LEADED BARRELS! I was there. Reserve station at 600 Alameda. Been gone for decades.

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