California to give Trump some National Guard patrols at Mexican border

[Jose Garcia]

Source: USA Today

After days of speculation, California decided Wednesday that it will comply with federal requests to deploy National Guard personnel to the border California shares with Mexico.

The California National Guard will accept federal money to beef up border security, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement published Wednesday morning.

But he attached a disclaimer and made it clear that his acceptance of money didn't indicate he agreed with the federal government's agenda on immigration and borders.

"Let's be crystal clear on the scope of the mission," he wrote. "This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And the California National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws."

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/508277002

[TheRealNorth]

1. Who is in command?

If Gov. Brown retains command, it's actually a pretty smart move - rather than have guardsman from other states patrolling the California border.

[LenaBaby61]

2. Stipulations .....

Come with those guards on the border. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Gov. Jerry Brown Says He’ll Comply With Trump’s National Guard Order — With A Big Caveat.

California will add additional National Guard troops, but they won’t be used to enforce federal immigration efforts.

By Antonia Blumberg

California Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday he would accept federal funds to add hundreds of new members to the National Guard to support the state’s “ongoing program to combat transnational crime.” But he emphasized that the troops wouldn’t be enforcing federal immigration policies.

The announcement comes in response to President Donald Trump’s directive to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to work with governors across the country to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

In a letter to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Brown said he would accept funding from the federal government to increase the state guard by some 400 troops. Of these new guard members, some would be stationed at the border, he said, while others would be deployed to the coast and other parts of California.

“Let’s be crystal clear on the scope of this mission,” he wrote. “This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And the California National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws.”

It isn’t clear how many of the 400 would be deployed to the border. But Brown noted in his letter that the state currently has 250 personnel across the state, 55 of whom are stationed at the border, as a part of its program to combat transnational crime.

“The location of Guard personnel – and number specifically working in support of operations along the border, the coast and elsewhere in the state – will be dictated by the needs on the ground,” Evan Westrup, a spokesperson for Brown, told HuffPost on Wednesday.


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jerry-brown-california-trump-national-guard-order_us_5ace63a8e4b0701783aad6c4

[GeorgeHayduke]

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