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In reply to the discussion: Full, 11-page draft DHS memo outlining using National Guard for immigrant roundup [View all]OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)22. The National Guard is a military unit . . .
. . . bound by posse comitatus, that is, military has no authority over civilians.
So -- when a Guardsman or Guard unit detains someone who happens to be a citizen or in the country legally . . . let's hope the person sues the living shit out of the individual Guardsman, the unit, the governor, and everyone else in the chain of command.
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Full, 11-page draft DHS memo outlining using National Guard for immigrant roundup [View all]
bigtree
Feb 2017
OP
They may just be throwing out chum. Who knows? If this is NOT from DHS/Kelly
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#6
I know this was reported in AP, but think the document itself was planted and is a fake
Dream Girl
Feb 2017
#14
Yep. I just have a feeling this isn't real. My spidery sense tells me something's up.
Dream Girl
Feb 2017
#42
"Posse Comitatus" doesn't apply to any National Guard troops acting under control of the governor
PoliticAverse
Feb 2017
#29
Yes - that is the way I read it. But I also think federalizing the units might also be doable
jmg257
Feb 2017
#31
White House has already DENIED this. Either bogus or a dye test for leakers by bogus document.
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#37