Then get rid of all of them.
Then get rid of all of them.
Certain legal obstacles complicate the use of troops within the U.S., creating a reluctance to engage in homeland missions.
y electing President Donald Trump, voters told public officials they want a remedy to the disastrous southern border. Trump and his team got to work on day one with a flurry of executive orders aimed at illegal immigration, including engaging the military and National Guard at the border. Before his first week was out, troops were sent to the border with a promise from the Department of Defense (DOD) that more will be sent.
But an element of opposition to Trump’s border agenda lives within the DOD, according to a CNN report.
“The Trump administration asked the military earlier this week to be prepared to deploy up to 10,000 active duty troops immediately, setting off a scramble inside the Pentagon,” an official and another person familiar with the matter told CNN. “Military officials have pushed back on that because they believe that sending so many troops to the border at once could pull them away from other mission requirements elsewhere in the world and strain resources, the first official said.”
Certain legal obstacles complicate the use of troops within the U.S., creating a reluctance to engage in homeland missions.
y electing President Donald Trump, voters told public officials they want a remedy to the disastrous southern border. Trump and his team got to work on day one with a flurry of executive orders aimed at illegal immigration, including engaging the military and National Guard at the border. Before his first week was out, troops were sent to the border with a promise from the Department of Defense (DOD) that more will be sent.
But an element of opposition to Trump’s border agenda lives within the DOD, according to a CNN report.
“The Trump administration asked the military earlier this week to be prepared to deploy up to 10,000 active duty troops immediately, setting off a scramble inside the Pentagon,” an official and another person familiar with the matter told CNN. “Military officials have pushed back on that because they believe that sending so many troops to the border at once could pull them away from other mission requirements elsewhere in the world and strain resources, the first official said.”
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