Former ICE chief: Trump's additional troops to border will do 'absolutely nothing'
Former ICE chief John Sandweg said Thursday that President Trump’s move to deploy up to 15,000 active-duty military personnel to stop a caravan of Central American migrants from entering the country will do “absolutely nothing.”
Sandweg, who served as the acting director of ICE under the Obama administration, cited a lack of immigration judges as the real issue facing U.S. immigration enforcement.
“What can 15,000 active duty military personnel do to assist with the problem that you’re describing, which is not enough immigration judges to process these asylum claims?” Hill.TV co-host Krystal Ball asked Sandweg on “Rising.”
“Nothing — they can do absolutely nothing on that front, obviously,” Sandweg said.
The former ICE chief said deploying active-duty troops like the National Guard is not very effective, because they’re not allowed to “use force in any way shape or form,” and are instead used as “logistical support” for officials at the border.
“You only deploy the Guard to get extra visibility on the border, to help the border patrol find when people illegally enter, and that’s just really not the problem here at all,” Sandweg said.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/414324-former-ice-chief-trumps-additional-troops-to-border-will-do-absolutely-nothing
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