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In reply to the discussion: Trump administration considers mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops [View all]HAB911
(8,867 posts)24. The troops would not be nationalized, remaining under state control.
Spokespeople for the governors of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon and New Mexico said they were unaware of the proposal, and either declined to comment or said it was premature to discuss whether they would participate. The other three states did not immediately respond to the AP.
The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.
Four states that border on Mexico are included in the proposal -- California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas -- but it also encompasses seven states contiguous to those four -- Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Governors in the 11 states would have a choice whether to have their guard troops participate, according to the memo, written by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general.
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Trump administration considers mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops [View all]
deminks
Feb 2017
OP
Deploying reservists overseas isn't the same as using them as stormtroopers at home. nt
MADem
Feb 2017
#101
They were not "forced labor" camps, there was a world war and there were no deportations, so......
Fred Sanders
Feb 2017
#33
Thanks. Source? Wikipedia? Specifically, where's the second paragraph from? NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2017
#27
He has 31 that are repugs. More then half the country. Heck almost two thirds.
yeoman6987
Feb 2017
#28
Trump is going to kill a whole bunch of hardcore republican farmers and the red republican
workinclasszero
Feb 2017
#91
Are we moving into a police state? This is not the purpose of the national guard. I see Bannon's
riversedge
Feb 2017
#14
The governors have had relatively quiet phones and faxes recently. Let's change that.
politicat
Feb 2017
#36
I think NM and Calif will tell him, hell no.New Mexicans wont do thisTo their own families.Civil War
Alice11111
Feb 2017
#74
It doesn't apply to National Guard "UNDER STATE AUTHORITY" This is a Federal action.
W T F
Feb 2017
#44
Dehumanization is key. tRump-bots have totally bought that one regarding Muslims
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#50
Between 4 & 5. Polarized since Newt Gingrich 1994, muslims been dehumanized since before 9/11. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#75
It does say "draft" and White House doesn't deny its authenticity, just that it is not actual policy
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#49
Sound like somebody leaked this draft to "nip it in the bud" as Barney Fife would say. nt
Cognitive_Resonance
Feb 2017
#70
The RTKBA crew spent 8 years arming themselves against this very type of action!
EarthFirst
Feb 2017
#71