U.S. troops staying at southern border through 2020

[rangerrebew]

U.S. troops staying at southern border through 2020
 
WIB front September 12, 2019 Rose L. Thayer 0
 

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has authorized up to 5,500 servicemembers to continue missions along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2020.

Esper approved the request last week from the Department of Homeland Security to extend the mission, Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell, a Pentagon spokesman, confirmed Wednesday

Troops will provide infrastructure support, operational support, detection and monitoring support and air support, Mitchell said. This is similar to the work that officials have described is now being done by troops along the border.

https://warisboring.com/u-s-troops-staying-at-southern-border-through-2020/

[Fishrrman]

Not good enough.

They need to stay... permanently.

[skeeter]

Not good enough.

They need to stay... permanently.

Agree, but I guess the budget is recharged yearly.

[roamer_1]

I think Border Patrol and Coast Guard should be rolled together and comprehensively joined with a more quasi-mil aspect rather than (or alongside) LEO.

LEO is (often) the wrong set of tools for border protection. It has it's place, I suppose, But sending LEOs against organized and often militarized drug lords affords no utility. As Armed Forces extension, it would have more effect. Grow another branch.