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The Pentagon said on April 26 that they are expecting to send about 300 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Included among the group are roughly about 100 cooks who would be handing out meals to migrants. Previously, the Pentagon said there were no plans for U.S. forces to intersect with migrants as they support border agents dealing with illegal immigration. The new move appears to break with past policy for troops to avoid contact.
It comes as the administration seeks to enforce immigration laws to the fullest extent and is also a sign of a growing military support role. President Donald Trump has made tackling illegal immigration a signature issue of his presidency and of his 2020 re-election campaign.
In addition to the cooks, the Pentagon is expected to send 160 drivers and 20 lawyers, Pentagon spokesman Charlie Summers said.
“We will have some of our troops handing out meals, therefore would come in contact with migrants,” Summers said. He said it was an “amendment to the current policy.”
In January, Trump described the surge of illegal immigrants entering the United States as an “invasion.” He argued that a physical border wall would make it much easier to combat the surge of illegal immigrants and said it would be less expensive.
There are currently about 5,000 active-duty and National Guard troops near the border, though that number fluctuates. The military can provide support services to law enforcement and has done so on occasion since the 1980s.
Earlier this month, Trump said he would have to mobilize more of the military at the U.S. border with Mexico after listening to stories about migrants crossing the border from people attending a Republican fundraiser. read more
SNIP: “The new move appears to break with past policy for troops to avoid contact.”
Good. More troops and more contact. Especially with the drivers, which will hopefully be driving them back into Mexico.
Why not 30,000? Dont get it.
100 cooks? We don’t need to feed them. We need them to go home.
Any gun-toting coyote, especially the ones wearing a Mexican military outfit, should be a fair sniper target too!
Let’s send our guys with loaded guns and clear rules of engagement.
Illegal border crossings are worse now than they have ever been, worse than under Obama.
Trump ran primarily on the issue of illegal immigration, yet over two years into his administration virtually nothing has been accomplished. The problem ha gotten worse.
There were many single issue voters that voted for Trump strictly on the illegal immigration issue, he’d better become aware of this or he may not inspire them to vote at all in the upcoming election. They’ll be convinced that it doesn’t make any difference who is elected (and on this issue, in spite of all the rhetoric, there doesn’t seem to be.).
Sounds like another example of Meals On Wheels diplomacy courtesy of the misguided government policies towards illegals to me. We don’t owe the damn illegals anything for illegally invading our country except for a swift kick in the butt and a one way trip back to wherever they came from. Why are they always more concerned about rights for illegal aliens and could care less or do little for our own people? It’s all about control and votes for democraps.
Only country in the world that sends cooks to feed illegal intruders. Come on, Trump, get with the program.
Cooks and lawyers. And what does that tell us?
One every 6 feet.
Shoot to kill.
Don’t allow them within 100 yds of the border.
Serious invasions should be handled seriously by serious people.
If you really think about it, we don’t need any rats from anywhere.
Not just mexico; but canada, shit-stain-i-stan, or anywhere else.
The latest lie is that we have to import rat-people to sustain our socialist system (same lie used in Europe) but all that’s necessary is to jettison the filthy socialist system which always fails due to its own internal falsities!
izlamo delenda est …
I’ll bet they will be preparing culturally appropriate meals for the invaders.
Put fentanyl in the salt shakers.
To Protect and Defend from enemies domestic and foreign includes politicians, illegals, and sick, parasite immigrants. So is an ineffective military by not being allowed to uphold their oaths taken becomes stripped of masculinity. Forced into being wimps.
Meanwhile, the Poop or Pope is funding caravans.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-04/pope-francis-central-american-migrants-aid-peters-pence.html
How can anyone still be a catholic with this socialist in charge?