Mattis Expected to Send 800 U.S. Troops to Mexican Border
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2018 Oct 25, 9:27am 6,169 views 41 comments
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NuttBoxer
2018 Oct 30, 9:32am
NuttBoxer
2018 Oct 30, 9:32am
MbS says
It's still a less regulated airport, with no TSA/federal security checkpoints. If the feds are the one's planning this, a halt to international travel under some "safety" guise could stop flights up here while flights in TJ are still going out. Also, the airport is extremely close to the border, zero minutes walking(ped bridge), 5-10 minutes drive.
I see a contradiction: if the "scenario" is somewhat off in the (near) future and you (and very limited number of others) only "see it coming" and is mostly contained to US - you won't need any "bribes" to fly out.
It's still a less regulated airport, with no TSA/federal security checkpoints. If the feds are the one's planning this, a halt to international travel under some "safety" guise could stop flights up here while flights in TJ are still going out. Also, the airport is extremely close to the border, zero minutes walking(ped bridge), 5-10 minutes drive.
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WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to approve a request for 800 U.S. troops to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border to provide logistical support for border agents, a U.S. official said Thursday.
Mr. Mattis received the request from the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, the official said. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is expected to publicly address the request later today.
Once approved, the Pentagon will determine which troops to dispatch to the border and begin planning their mission. U.S. troops aren’t legally permitted to use lethal force in law-enforcement operations. They are expected instead to do things like provide equipment and labor for tasks such as building fences and erecting tents for border officials.
The troops are expected to be in place by next week in anticipation that a caravan of thousands of migrants, currently more than 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Mexican border, could reach it that soon if they board buses or trains. It isn’t known whether the deployed forces will be federally activated National Guard troops or active members of the U.S. military.
Migrant caravans traveling north from El Salvador and Honduras through Mexico have become a focus of the Trump administration, and the president has threatened to use military force to repel them.
Mr. Mattis, the Pentagon chief, arrived Thursday in Manama, Bahrain, to speak at a regional conference.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mattis-expected-to-send-800-u-s-troops-to-mexican-border-1540481427