Looks like we are not blinking - from Military Times:
White House approves use of force, some law enforcement roles for border troops
The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.
The new “Cabinet order” was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, not President Donald Trump. It allows “Department of Defense military personnel” to “perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary” to protect border agents, including “a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search.”
Good - if we do not do a show of force, these people will continue to come and come and come. It is not just this one convoy, I am sure that there are a lot more being planned and funded at this time. Time to let them know that we welcome legal immigration but will not countenance an illegal crossing of the border.
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