What a novel idea: Using the National Guard to guard the nation.
The Department of Homeland Security has requested 20,000 National Guard members to help with immigration enforcement across the US, a department spokesperson told CNN on Friday.
'The Department of Homeland Security will use every tool and resource available to get criminal illegal aliens including gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and other violent criminals out of our country. The safety of American citizens comes first,' DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
It sounds like the troops will be used to help deport illegals who have already made it into the interior of the nation.
The request comes after the White House has expressed frustrations at the slow pace of deportations from ICE.
Trump officials have been frustrated with the slower pace of interior arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country, CNN has reported, and there have been some tense calls about it between the White House and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, multiple sources said.
But interior arrests often require significant manpower and resources — more than are needed when detaining migrants as they cross the border, which is why the administration is now trying to recruit additional personnel, including thousands of extra Guardsmen, for the task.
The request has gone from DHS to the Pentagon, which will decide if they can spare the 20,000 guardsmen to help rid the country of criminal aliens.
Texas sure seems eager to help!
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