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Related: About this forumI'm a bit bemused over why Gov. Brown hasn't called off California's guardsmen at the border
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I'm a bit bemused over why Gov. Brown hasn't called off California's guardsmen at the border (Original Post)
ailsagirl
Jun 2018
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Glorfindel
(9,714 posts)1. Wild guess...maybe he doesn't want them replaced with guardsmen from
other states. After all, California does have an actual border with Mexico.
BigmanPigman
(51,560 posts)2. I was wondering the same thing.
tirebiter
(2,532 posts)3. Gov. Jerry Brown agrees to National Guard border efforts, but not 'a mission to round up women and c
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-jerry-brown-national-guard-20180411-story.html
Brown was the last of the nation's border governors to respond to Trump's request for a beefed-up presence. In his letter, he said that he wanted to be "crystal clear" in what he was agreeing to provide.
"This will not be a mission to build a new wall," Brown wrote. "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."
Brown was the last of the nation's border governors to respond to Trump's request for a beefed-up presence. In his letter, he said that he wanted to be "crystal clear" in what he was agreeing to provide.
"This will not be a mission to build a new wall," Brown wrote. "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."
ailsagirl
(22,876 posts)4. Thanks for this, tirebiter