>The Pentagon is sending 800 or more additional troops to the Southwest border in response to President Trump’s vow to use the military to block a caravan of Central American immigrants from from entering the United States, a U.S. official said.
>Defense Secretary James N. Mattis is expected to sign an order Thursday dispatching the troops. They will be limited to providing logistical support to the Border Patrol, which will remain responsible for apprehending anyone crossing the border illegally, the official said.
>Trump said in a tweet Thursday that he was “bringing out the military” to secure the border, calling it a “national emergency.”
>Trump has seized on the immigration issue ahead of next month’s midterm election, but illegal immigration this year is on pace to be lower than all but four of the previous 45 years.
>The military personnel are expected to aid the Border Patrol by building fencing at several key points where it is believed the migrants may try to cross, the official said.
>The troops will also assist the Border Patrol with vehicles, tents and possibly medical support, the official said.
>The additional troops are expected to arrive along the border beginning next week.
>Pentagon officials said they are still working out where the troops will come from and where along the border they will go. Most of them are likely to be drawn from National Guard units, though some active duty troops may be sent as well.
Can't wait for the massacres followed by Democrats calling to abolish all borders.
William Jackson
God ,I wish Mexico wasn't such a shithole with an even more corrupt government than ours. What I wouldn't do to be an operator storming building to building and executing cartel members for being animals
They just need to halt them. Mexico is taking these people in. If not, I think a commerce blockade will make things a little more consequential on their end.
Ethan Ortiz
well its like 13 bullet each soldier and their guns carries about 20-30 per mag
they can handle it
Hudson Brown
We have more than 800 troops on the border, we are just adding 800 more
Connor Bell
odd. i read sources that promised 1000 soldiers and others that claimed only 600
Lincoln Powell
The soldiers will be selected, right?
Americans from Jow Forums always say their army is full of central americans
Charles Kelly
It sounds like the plans are still being made and various bureaucrats are just telling the press random numbers.
Lincoln Butler
Hispanics are under-represented in the military. Sure they exist, but they are by no means numerous.
Julian Gutierrez
>We are going to get rekt by the USA because we won't throw Central Americans under the bus to save ourselves >Central Americans hate us and would kill every single one of us if they had the chance
fuck do we have to do with anything?, its hondurans crossing this time around
Isaiah Taylor
How many times have you tried to cross the border this year?
Daniel Long
You let them travel through your country dumb faggot. Not you specifically but your government.
Jaxon Jones
>their army is full of central americans They're American soldiers
Alexander Gonzalez
military can't blockade the caravan. all the military can do is ensure that there is a calm and orderly process to them filing for asylum.
Ayden Sanders
Wow, they're so cool for wasting resources on some minor issue.
Zachary Harris
Or us in April
Jace King
>asylum how does that work if their country isn't in an emergency?
Gavin Williams
there are 2000 in migration centers while their refugee status petition is processed, 500 got shipped back. the ones with valid mexican visas got in, yes some sneaked thru, but mexico acted as it was supposed to
Jackson Bailey
some of the refugees should be sent to Europe. They need more diversity.
Zachary Edwards
>>Asylum has three basic requirements. First, an asylum applicant must establish that he or she fears persecution in their home country.[4] Second, the applicant must prove that he or she would be persecuted on account of one of five protected grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or particular social group. Third, an applicant must establish that the government is either involved in the persecution, or unable to control the conduct of private actors.
claim persecution from criminal gangs aided by the corruption of the government. if not. buy enough time to enter the US and get lost.
Charles Lewis
The word "additional" in english means they are adding, (+) to an existing number
Owen Rogers
>Second, the applicant must prove that he or she would be persecuted on account of one of five protected grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or particular social group. this is going to be interesting btw thanks for the info
