Posted on 10/29/2018 8:02:24 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
(CNN) — Defense Secretary James Mattis has authorized the deployment of more troops to the US-Mexico border, the Pentagon announced Friday.
The deployment will start with an undetermined number of forces heading to the border by the end of the month, and could eventually grow in size to 800 troops or more, a defense official said.
It's a move aimed at sending a message as a migrant caravan makes its way through Mexico, bound for the US border, drawing the ire of President Trump.
But it's important to note that even though troops are involved, the military isn't bracing for battle.....
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Here is more from the article - please read it if you want to know more about this topic and then I hope some will be able to clarify exactly what measures our Troops can take once there at the border.....
"Troops are not expected to come into contact with migrants, and they will be tasked with providing "mission-enhancing capabilities" along the southwest border, supporting US Customs and Border Protection's work there.
The caravan is likely weeks away from the US border. And legal restrictions limit what troops can do on US soil.
What isn't permitted? What can they do? And what questions are we still waiting for administration officials to answer?
Here's a look:
What they can't do
For Border Patrol agents, arresting undocumented immigrants and drug trafficking suspects is part of their job description. But troops are limited in how much they can do to help.
There's a law that dates back more than a century known as "posse comitatus" that 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.
So how far can they go? Past presidents haven't tested these boundaries and therefore courts haven't weighed in. The Trump administration so far has avoided questions about how exactly it interprets these restrictions.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Fox News on Friday that the military has "no intention" of shooting at anyone in the caravan, but she noted that officers of her agency and troops alike have the right to defend themselves.
In past US border operations, officials have said troops can't do the following:
• Arrest people
• Seize drugs
• Conduct searches
What they can do
Details are still emerging about plans for this deployment. Friday, the Pentagon explained what the troops will provide:
• Planning assistance
• Engineering support with temporary barriers, barricades and fencing
• Aviation support to move US Customs and Border Protection personnel
• Medical teams to triage, treat and prepare for commercial transport of patients
• Command control facilities
• Temporary housing and personal protective equipment for CBP personnel"
What they can do: prevent you from continuing on, just as if they were on a military post.
CNN got that part wrong.
If they are set up in a location with the express purpose to prevent intrusion, you don’t get to waltz on by.
Defending the territory of the United States from invasion is not law enforcement, it is national defense and requires a military response.
That sounds good.
THey can defend the borders against invaders.
All Trump has to do is declare a border emergency with martial law on the border.
The media and the Left would go nuts, but it’s an external threat. It’s only a domestic law issue if we let it be.
I totally agree - so is this writer completely wrong? She says this info is coming from the Pentagon.
Would the libtards rather see a caravan of Americans headed for the border to defend our home?
Our troops can be used to stop an invasion.
That is not domestic law enforcement.
President Trump is Commander in Chief.
Many things are permitted at the border that are not allowed far away from the border.
CNN doesn’t understand the Constitution or the authority to protect the borders that were handed to the states and the military to prevent invasion.
But what do you expect from an NPC run organization whose main talking head is slowly morphing into a capybara. (Wolf Blitzer is beginning to look like one.)
And legal restrictions limit what troops can do on US soil.
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None of which apply on Mexican soil.
We need to take a 2 mile buffer zone and repel this invasion.
If we want to keep our country.
Re-institute the citizens’ militia-circa 1775. I’m sure many in this country would volunteer to go down there and assist our military.
EXactly
Trump can send 100,000. Crappy rules of engagement will render them worthless.
Speculation based on previous administrations.
That does not make it correct.
“All Trump has to do is declare a border emergency with martial law on the border.”
Now THAT is a good idea and I bet is one the governors of those border states would agree with (except of course the Gov. of Cali).
President Trump is Commander in Chief. He does not need to accept previous rules of engagement.
Good time to test sonic and microwave crowd control.
I actually think this is the distinction that would be made in a court of law. In this sense, Posse Comitatus wouldn’t come into play.
Further, the fact that this is a rag tag bunch and we “can take them” doesn’t make the point moot.
She can say what she wants and the Pentagon can try to sabotage the president but if he orders troops to fight, they had better do it because the Constitutikn is clearly on his side.
Did the CNN propagandist identify her source within the Pentagon?
Any report that claims “Posse Comitatus” with regard to this is fake news.
It’s one thing to prevent the Army and Air Force (only services mentioned in the statute as prohibited) from conducting law enforcement with regard to US CITIZENS, but nothing prevents the US Military to defend the territorial integrity of the nation against a foreign invader.
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