This is what it’ll take to end the military’s border mission
By Meghann Myers
Apr 25, 03:58 PM
Federalized National Guard troops have been deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border for nearly four years, with no end in sight. Despite ongoing discussions between the Defense and Homeland Security departments, officials have said there are no parameters or milestones set that would allow a withdrawal from the border.
But the answer, according to the head of U.S. Northern Command, is to increase the budget and modernize Customs and Border Protection, so they no longer need the military’s support.
“I think they need to be funded,” Air Force Gen. Glenn VanHerck told Military Times on Monday, during a Defense Writers Group event. “I think they need to also utilize technology, technology of the future that can help them get away from a manpower-based, intensive problem, to one [where] they can utilize technology as well, to solve their challenges.”
https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/04/25/this-is-what-itll-take-to-end-the-militarys-border-mission/
