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Guard units at the border won't be armed, administration tells MexicoBy Cecilia Sanchez Noah BiermanHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has told Mexican authorities that National Guard troops deployed on the border would not be armed or participate in immigration or customs duties, according to the Mexican Foreign Ministry.Nielsen’s plan, though still vague, would use state Guard units in support roles, in accordance with U.S. law, resembling the two recent deployments from Presidents Obama and George W. Bush.Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-essential-washington-updates-trump-administration-tries-to-reassure-1522931379-htmlstory.html#nt=card
They are thinking that putting American troops down there with no weapons in what is essentially a war zone? What are they supposed to be - target practice? This is obscene.
@Sanguine The National Guard will take over clerical and other jobs, freeing up more Boarder Patrol men/women to actually be on the boarder. This has happened before.
Wait... wasn't everyone concerned just yesterday about the photos coming from the border of women and children being shot?Are we past this concern now?