Biden administration asks Pentagon to send military to border

[libertybele]

Biden administration asks Pentagon to send military to border

DEL RIO, Texas — The Biden administration has requested that the Pentagon send military forces to the southern border to get control of the deteriorating situation, according to the secretary of Homeland Security.

The admission was the first time Alejandro Mayorkas has confirmed that DHS is seeking the Pentagon's help. It comes amid a crisis in south-central Texas, where at least 15,000 migrants illegally crossed by the Del Rio-Acuna International Bridge late last week.

"The approach has been an all-of-federal-government effort and, frankly, an all-of-federal-government effort in partnership with state and local authorities in the civil society. And the Department of Defense is evaluating a request for assistance, and we hope that will come to fruition very shortly," Mayorkas said during a press conference Monday afternoon after touring the area.

A Pentagon spokesman told reporters on Monday the DHS had requested help specifically with transporting migrants from the border to its holding facilities. A Defense Department spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment.

Virtually no federal law enforcement is on guard at the border's riverbank, as all are busy processing and transporting the record-high number of illegal immigrants in custody in Del Rio. Absent the federal government's presence, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed state troopers statewide to patrol and deter people — though they cannot arrest someone for illegal entry, as it is a federal offense..............

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-administration-asks-pentagon-to-send-military-to-border

[Elderberry]

What are the military going to do? Shoot the illegals as they cross the Rio Grande? They are lawfully prevented from enforcing any laws by the Posse Comitatus Act. Now if we declared war, then they could mow them down.

[libertybele]

What are the military going to do? Shoot the illegals as they cross the Rio Grande? They are lawfully prevented from enforcing any laws by the Posse Comitatus Act. Now if we declared war, then they could mow them down.

   

The thought of the U.S. declaring war on Mexico has crossed my mind several times.

[Elderberry]

We should have claimed Mexico as "Spoils of War" at the conclusion of the Mexican-American war.

[Free Vulcan]

So why is DHS requesting the military to go there when the C-in-C is the President who can just order them there?

For that matter, they can't go without Presidential authorization, so why is the DHS not going thru Biden?

[Elderberry]

So why is DHS requesting the military to go there when the C-in-C is the President who can just order them there?

For that matter, they can't go without Presidential authorization, so why is the DHS not going thru Biden?

I think its a matter of them taking it thru the "Chain of Command" which works both ways, up and down.

[Elderberry]

DHS asks Pentagon to help move migrants from Del Rio, Texas

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/573094-dhs-asks-pentagon-to-help-move-migrants-from-del-rio-texas

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked the Pentagon to help move migrants awaiting asylum processing in Del Rio, Texas, to other facilities, the Department of Defense's (DOD) top spokesman said Monday.

Press secretary John Kirby said the Pentagon has “received a request for transportation support” from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to help “efforts moving non-U.S. citizen migrants from Del Rio, Texas, to other CBP processing facilities."

The DOD support, which will be on a reimbursable, temporary basis, will conclude on or before Oct. 20 and can “be provided at minimal risk to current DOD missions,” Kirby said.


The Pentagon, should it approve the plan, would lend some of its contracted air support — not military aircraft — to the mission, Kirby added.