Mattis Approves 4,000 Guard Troops for Mexican Border
By Paul J. Weber & Nomaan Merchant
April 07, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas -- Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday night approved funding for up to 4,000 National Guard troops for duty along the border with Mexico. The Pentagon will pay for the operation through the end of September.
A Defense Department memo said the Guard members will not perform law enforcement functions or “interact with migrants or other persons detained†without Mattis’s approval. It said “arming will be limited to circumstances that might require self-defense,†but it did not further define that.
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