Hundreds of U.S. troops on southern border shifted near site of migrant caravan

[Elderberry]

Washington Post By Dan Lamothe 11/26/2018

About 300 hundred U.S. service members on the southern border have been shifted within the last few days from assignments in Arizona and Texas to work in California, near where a caravan of migrants has arrived in Mexico, U.S. military officials said Monday.

The troops were reassigned in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which asked for assistance from the Pentagon to prepare for the arrival of Central American migrants. President Trump has lauded the use of the military at the border, even as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has stressed that the troops will have no law enforcement role.

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hundreds-of-us-troops-on-southern-border-shifted-near-site-of-migrant-caravan/2018/11/26/53f57250-f1b8-11e8-9240-e8028a62c722_story.html

[Fishrrman]

I hope the administration is gettin' serious about keeping these invaders out...!

[Sanguine]

I hope the administration is gettin' serious about keeping these invaders out...!

It's beginning to look like it.   

[Wingnut]

This shit need to be stopped now.   If not we will be dealing with events like this monthly. 

[Sanguine]

This shit need to be stopped now.   If not we will be dealing with events like this monthly.

I'm glad it's happening, because we have been dealing with stuff like this for years, just without the coverage.  Now, looks like something is being done about it.

Did you know that 1/3 of the population of El Salvador now lives in the US?

[Wingnut]

I'm glad it's happening, because we have been dealing with stuff like this for years, just without the coverage.  Now, looks like something is being done about it.

Did you know that 1/3 of the population of El Salvador now lives in the US?

Ouch.