President Trump is augmenting the current deployment of troops at the border with an additional 3,750 personnel. The Washington Examiner reports:
The Pentagon announced on Sunday 3,750 additional U.S. forces will be deployed to the southern border to provide support to Customs and Border Protection.
These additional troops, who according to CNN will be deployed for 90 days, will bring the total number of active duty forces supporting CBP at the border to roughly 4,350. The number of troops being sent to the U.S.-Mexico border is slightly up from the 3,500 figure reported last week.
Last month, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the U.S. military’s support mission at the southern border had been extended until September at the urging of the Department of Homeland Security.
“That support includes a mobile surveillance capability through the end of September 2019, as well as the emplacement of approximately 150 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry,” the Pentagon statement said Sunday.
The military has been a crucial asset for border security, setting up mobile barriers of concertina wire to block migrants from porous areas of the border. If only Congress would fund a wall, there would be no need to deploy soldiers on a more permanent basis to defend the integrity of America’s borders.
troops can be wirthdrawn in a day. A wall has staying power!
We Need the Wall And we Need it Now !! Screw these democrats and rinos . Use the troops to put up Razor wire and then declare an emergency and get the steel slats up !!
The U.S. military has been defending the border between south Korea and North Korea for over 70 years. Why can’t they defend the U.S. southern border?
For the last, at least 2 decades, border wall FUNDING was APPROVED, even a whole lot MORE than what the President is requesting now….The wall was never build because the so-called democRAT party is MOCKING the American people…THAT’s ALL…..HOW MUCH LONGER will the American people ACCEPT this situation of being MOCKED….????
ANYTHING that Obama requested was APPROVED by the ass kissers; although Obama treated the “migrant” children like shit which is supported by video evidence of some of the “quarters” that housed hundreds if not thousands of “teen detainees,” Trump is blamed for it, even though “immigrants” are now treated better than American citizens. Obama never had any intention of building the wall even though the funding was approved; he knew and knows that they are the only Democratic voting Base as they have no voting base left in the legal citizens’ communities other than the basement dwelling snowflakes; Of course Trump and WE are vilified for the idea of building “IMMORAL” walls to secure the country, even though this is no more than what Pelosi, Waters and all of the rest of the THIEVES, including Obama, do to protect their ESTATES and MANSIONS; They don’t want “scum” soiling their premises and will suffer no ill effect from hundreds of thousands of immigrant” AKA ILLEGALS, traipsing around the country, knowing that THEIR own estates will be safe and they will not even know they are here as they won’t be mingling with them. We have seen the results of lawless illegals running amok in this country. Legal citizens are arrested, fined heavily and even jailed for driving without a license, registration or insurance, but illegals will be allowed to “walk” for murdering legal citizens either deliberately as the case of ate Steinle in San Francisco, or while DRUNK and driving without a licence, vehicle registration or insurance such as the asshole who killed the son of a Fire captain in Florida, and who will probably go free because he “has no prior Criminal record.” since when has that stopped the judicial system from jailing or imprisoning a legal citizen for the same offence?
it’s time for the people. to step up and protect the southern border, 2with force if needed. it seems as though the government has forgotten that if it refuses to do it’s job to protect us from invaders then the responseibility reverts to the pewople
If the democrats dont want a border to protect us then use lethal force tired of these invaders
Should declare Executive Action, Emergency to Build Wall at SOTU. Army Corps of Engineers, El Chapo’s Billions $$$.
Thank you, President Trump!
the demoncrats dont want walls cause they get part of the drug money, the human trafficking, the porn, the votes necessary to keep the poly tics in office, too much to loose for them if the walls were put up
I still think we should lock up criminals that invade our country and if the Democrats don’t like it arrest them for aiding and abetting criminals.
Excellent idea.
Transport busloads of them directly to Congresswoman Pelosi’s residence, where I’m quite sure they will be welcomed with open arms.
Great idea.
and then she’ll bus them all over the country.
Well I hate to say it, but how did over 1000 get in with all the troops there, and then had to be released into the country and wait (ha ha) for their court date. So another 3500 are to be sent…….to do what. Surely not stand guard on the border, but build fences, cook meals, put up tents, direct traffic, like that is going to stop anyone. They should be in the front line and not have their hands tied….BY POLITICIANS. period. This is becoming a laugh and it is not funny since our nations future depends on it being stopped. trump do your job like you said.
I can only AGREE with you……
OINK OINK OH! IT IS NANCY PIGLOSY AND CHUCKIE TUMER DEFYING THE SAFETY OF AMERICA
It is amazing, you have Trump trying to secure our border tha DemocRATS fighting against that. If the wall was up there would be no need for troops at the borders. But with 12,000 in one caravan and two more on the way you would think the DemocRATS would have some common sense and help the President. But they do not they care more for criminal illegals and a lot that are murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and terrorist trying to get into this country using women and children pushed to the front of the rotten ones.
They are being PAID by the CARTELS to RESIST/OPPOSE the President to build the wall…..To HE** with the country, to HE** with the American people….That’s why we need to PROTECT the border ourselves and sign the PETITION to REMOVE piglosi and some others from CONGRESS….
TRUMP 2020………..