The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested 20,000 National Guard Troop. to help with the Trump (R) Administration’s Immigration Enforcement. The Department requested the Guard Members from the Pentagon “to help carry out the President’s mandate for the American People to Arrest and Deport Criminal Illegal Aliens,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin (R) said in a Statement.
A Defense Official also said the Pentagon “received a request” this week but was Not able to share the Contents, because planning is in the initial stages and Predecisional. Pentagon Lawyers were Reviewing it along with “interior immigration enforcement”/
It is unknown what Role National Guard Members would take in the Immigration Crackdown, such as whether they would be involved in Rounding-Up and Arresting People for Deportation, Transportation, or Security. It’s also Unclear whether State Governors would have to Approve the Plan or if Trump would move to Federalize the National Guard to take Control of its Troops. The last time the U.S. Government did so was in 1992, during the Los Angeles Riots, sparked by the Police Beating of Rodney King.
The Plan was quickly Bashed by Democratic Lawmakers including Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who said She was “Deeply Disturbed” by Trump’s “Abuse and Misuse” of the U.S. Military. “Not only does this undermine readiness and our national security, it also means Trump is testing the limits of how he can misuse our military against the American people,” Duckworth added. “No one should believe that he will stop at immigrants if this plan moves forward.”
National Guard Troops at the State Level have previously been asked to Assist in Deportations, notably in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in February, gave His Guard Members the Authority to Arrest Migrants, but this would Mark the First time Guard Troops, at the National Level, have been asked to do so.
The DHS Request comes after Trump last week, Ordered the Department to Increase its Deportation Force by 20,000 Officers, pulled from State or Federal Agencies.
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