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| Gov. Jerry Brown agrees to NG border efforts, but not 'a mission to round up women and children' |
| 2018-04-12 |
| [LA Times] Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to take money but not marching orders from President Trump in deploying 400 National Guard troops to various locations around the state, insisting any service members near the border would not enforce federal immigration law. "Your funding for new staffing will allow the Guard to do what it does best: support operations targeting transnational criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers along the border, the coast and throughout the state," Brown wrote in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Defense Secretary James N. Mattis. Brown was the last of the nation's border governors to respond to Trump's request for a beefed-up presence. In his letter, he said that he wanted to be "crystal clear" in what he was agreeing to provide. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Don't need to round them up -- just fire in front of them so they turn around and go back home. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-04-12 22:25 |
| #8 Oooooooooh - you're SO gonna get it! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-04-12 20:29 |
| #7 Ref #3: I didn’t realize B. was that old. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-12 18:44 |
| #6 Ref #5: Thank you for your service Colonel. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-12 16:17 |
| #5 From 1991 - 1995 I was the Counterdrug Coordinator and Commander of the California National Guard Counter-Drug Task Force, approximately 450 active duty, Title 10, Soldiers and Airmen supporting 75 law enforcement agencies throughout the state. We did extensive work with the US Customs and US Border Patrol (now CBP) at the Port of Entry inspection cargo, constructing and improving a huge part of the cross compartment road network, especially in the San Diego Sector, built the first wall using PSP and steel landing plates, (Pierced Steel Plating was a terrible idea, like a ladder) and conducting clandestine observation post missions with reporting and coordination for the Border Patrol. Ever soldier was armed with a sidearm and there was never a shooting confrontation in 4.5 years of my tour. We had ROE and arming orders, and extensive coordination and cooperation with the BP. The Cal Guard has a long history of working on the border, knows it well and can play a vital role. The tragedy is what Brown might do as he grandstands in his special, demented way... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-04-12 11:51 |
| #4 Give Jer a cape and let him demand "no night time raids..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-04-12 11:32 |
| #3 There is precedent for Besoeker's suggestion in 1957 when Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-04-12 10:44 |
| #2 Gimme money! But I will defy any federal laws I don't like. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2018-04-12 09:46 |
| #1 At the VERY first sign of difficulty, Federalize the entire bunch under an active duty General officer. Anyone who defies orders, off to Leavenworth Kansas immediately, pending UCMJ action. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-12 09:46 |