Trump wanted to sent 250,000 troops - or half the US Army - to the border to deal with the migrants: Defense Secretary rejected largest use of troops inside the country since the Civil War because Mexico would see it as an act of aggression
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Donald Trump wanted to send 250,000 troops to mitigate the southern border in spring 2020 – during the onset of the pandemic
- Homeland Security Secretary Mark Esper was vehemently against the plan
- Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration agenda, first had the idea but didn't push it when Esper wanted to ditch the plan to deploy half the Army
- At the time, Trump's administration had already started implementing Title 42
- The provision allows the CDC to turn back migrants during a health emergency
- The Biden administration is still using Title 42 to send back illegal immigrants
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-10-20 |