White House approves use of force, some law enforcement roles for border troops

[Windparadox]

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The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.

The new “Cabinet order” was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, not President Donald Trump. It allows “Department of Defense military personnel” to “perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary” to protect border agents, including “a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search.”

However an earlier “decision memo” that came to the same recommendations that were contained in the “cabinet memo” was signed by President Trump, according to documents obtained by Newsweek.There are approximately 5,900 active-duty troops and 2,100 National Guard forces deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Some of those activities, including crowd control and detention, may run into potential conflict with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. If crossed, the erosion of the act’s limitations could represent a fundamental shift in the way the U.S. military is used, legal experts said. - Source​

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Poor trump is still laboring under the idea that this will turn into a chaotic riot. Outside the wild expectations of the far right, it just will never happen. Given all the legal troubles about to overwhelm him, trump thoufgt he'd toss some red meat out to his hungry dogs to distract them.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

More lies from Trump in a failed attempt to justify this political stunt.

 

[rightwinger]

Too bad they will miss Thanksgiving with their families in order to fight a phantom invasion

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Looking at the situation in Tijuana, the Mexicans are fighting a chaotic riot.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Too bad they will miss Thanksgiving with their families in order to fight a phantom invasion

Yes, it's too bad.

They can thank you people for it.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

The Democrats are praying to Baphomet for a bloody "incident" to occur at the border, so they can give it a poetic name and inject it into the pantheon of nonsensical media tales in support of their proclaimed horror and the injustice of national borders. They are desperate to overrun the country with the indigent, the unskilled and the uneducated.

 

[Pilot1]

Let me know when the A-10's show up.

 

[danielpalos]

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The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.

The new “Cabinet order” was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, not President Donald Trump. It allows “Department of Defense military personnel” to “perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary” to protect border agents, including “a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search.”

However an earlier “decision memo” that came to the same recommendations that were contained in the “cabinet memo” was signed by President Trump, according to documents obtained by Newsweek.There are approximately 5,900 active-duty troops and 2,100 National Guard forces deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Some of those activities, including crowd control and detention, may run into potential conflict with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. If crossed, the erosion of the act’s limitations could represent a fundamental shift in the way the U.S. military is used, legal experts said. - Source​

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Poor trump is still laboring under the idea that this will turn into a chaotic riot. Outside the wild expectations of the far right, it just will never happen. Given all the legal troubles about to overwhelm him, trump thoufgt he'd toss some red meat out to his hungry dogs to distract them.

the right wing doesn't care about natural rights unless it is specifically about guns.

 

[joaquinmiller]

The Democrats are praying to Baphomet for a bloody "incident" to occur at the border, so they can give it a poetic name and inject it into the pantheon of nonsensical media tales in support of their proclaimed horror and the injustice of national borders. They are desperate to overrun the country with the indigent, the unskilled and the uneducated.

Is there a link to your fantasy?

 

[DGS49]

Can't you fukkers see that this "news" report is bullshit?

Trump authorized the Military to use force TO PROTECT OUR BORDER PERSONNEL, which has NOTHING TO DO WITH Posse Comitatus.

They try to give the impression that Trump authorized the military to attack the would-be asylum seekers TO KEEP THEM OUT.

Total bullshit.

Fake news, on steroids.

 

[Olde Europe]

Can't you fukkers see that this "news" report is bullshit?

Trump authorized the Military to use force TO PROTECT OUR BORDER PERSONNEL, which has NOTHING TO DO WITH Posse Comitatus.

The authorization includes, "a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention, and cursory search."

Crowd control, detention, and search clearly are law enforcement activities, which the military, absent a specific authorization by Congress, is prohibited from performing.

It's just another instance of the Trumpy, the baby autocrat, poking a thumb into the eyes of the legislature and the judiciary, your silly antics, overuse of caps and all, notwithstanding.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

The Democrats are praying to Baphomet for a bloody "incident" to occur at the border, so they can give it a poetic name and inject it into the pantheon of nonsensical media tales in support of their proclaimed horror and the injustice of national borders. They are desperate to overrun the country with the indigent, the unskilled and the uneducated.

Is there a link to your fantasy?

Behavior observation. Like bird-watching.

 

[danielpalos]

Let's upgrade Ellis Island to reduce the need for potentially deadly force.

 

[joaquinmiller]

The Democrats are praying to Baphomet for a bloody "incident" to occur at the border, so they can give it a poetic name and inject it into the pantheon of nonsensical media tales in support of their proclaimed horror and the injustice of national borders. They are desperate to overrun the country with the indigent, the unskilled and the uneducated.

Is there a link to your fantasy?

Behavior observation. Like bird-watching.

With astigmatism and a blindfold.