{"id":51353,"date":"2014-06-16T17:41:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=51353"},"modified":"2014-06-16T17:41:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:41:54","slug":"national-guard-to-border-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=51353","title":{"rendered":"National Guard to border? Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Washington Times<\/a>, some members of Congress are calling for the President to send National Guard members to the border with Mexico to help with the flood children who have been pouring across the frontier in recent weeks;<\/p>\n

Rep. Candice Miller, Michigan Republican and chairwoman of a key border security subcommittee, sent a letter saying that Border Patrol agents need to be put back on patrol duty rather than processing or babysitting for the children who have been caught trying to enter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because that’s what the national Guard does; “babysitting”. They do it better than Border Patrol officers, apparently. And that’s all they’re good for, while the Border Patrol are more important, apparently. Well, that’s how I read the statement anyway. <\/p>\n

McClatchy<\/a> reports that allegations of abuse against Border Patrol agents made by some of the detained children through “immigration advocacy groups”. I can only imagine how those charges, true or not, will increase against uniformed members of the armed forces.<\/p>\n

And, *gasp*, Associated Press<\/a> reports rumors that the Border patrol leadership have warned agents against talking to the media without prior permission;<\/p>\n

An assistant chief patrol agent, Eligio “Lee” Pena, warned more than 3,000 Border Patrol agents that journalists looking for information about what Obama has described as a humanitarian crisis are likely to ask for information and “may try to disguise themselves.” The email, obtained by The Associated Press, said agents should not speak to reporters, on or off duty, without advanced permission and warned that anyone who does could be charged with a crime or disciplined administratively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I’d really advocate sending national Guard troops, the guys who have been fighting the wars against terrorists into that volatile situation. For “babysitting” duties. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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