'Minutemen' 2017: Civilian army floated to guard U.S. border
Boots on ground desperately needed to restore order
Published: 20 hours ago. Updated: 05/01/2017 at 8:02 PM
The Washington, D.C.-based think tank says the U.S. Border Patrol is in desperate need of more boots on the ground along the nearly 2,000 miles of border with Mexico. And that’s a need that can only be filled by forming a civilian auxiliary along the lines of the Coast Guard Auxiliary or the Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the Air Force.
President Trump has acknowledged the need for more manpower, calling for the hiring of 5,000 additional agents. But that is a costly endeavor that could take years to fulfill. As reported recently by investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson, the last time the U.S. Border Patrol went on a hiring binge, in 2006-2008, it dropped the ball on screening the applicants and a large number of drug dealers and other bad guys infiltrated the ranks.
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