Troops to be deployed at Border?
Put forth on May 12, 2006 by XicanoPwr
Posted in Border Wall, ICE, Immigration, Immigration Debate, La Migra, Nativism, Política Estados Unidos
MSNBC just reported that the Pentagon could deploy as many as 5,000 National Guard troops to border. Here is where the fence is being proposed.
As the White House prepared for President Bush to address the nation on immigration, sources told NBC News on Friday that the Pentagon could deploy as many as 5,000 National Guard troops to the country’s southwest borders to stem the flow of illegal immigrants.
On Monday, the President plans to address the nation “to build momentum for legislation that could provide millions of illegal immigrants a chance to become American citizens, is to speak from the Oval Office.”
Crunch Time
That is what Tony Snow said, “This is crunch time.” Can you see why he was picked to be the new Press Secretary.
“This is crunch time,” Tony Snow, the new White House press secretary, told reporters.
Sad thing, that is the only thing they quoted from him.
Don’t worry about the lack of troops in Iraq or the amount it would cost for deployment, the Pentagon has it all figured out.
One Pentagon official told NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski that federal involvement is primarily about money: State governors can deploy their National Guard forces whenever they see fit, but without direct involvement from the Pentagon, the states would have to pick up the tab.
The National Guard forces, if deployed to border states, would still remain under the command of the state governments.
As to how they plan to cover the tab, who knows. Once again, the mantra of “don’t worry ’bout it” is used. As long as we keep the Border jumpers out, this country can feel safe from terrorism.
One thing to think about - Who do you think will build this fascist fence!?!
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The “fence” will be built by the sons and daughters of the indigenous people of the Americas,desperate to feed their families.
Most of whom will not have purchased any documents from the Washington retailer, nor would the warlords consider them eligible to do so, by virtue of their ethnicity.
It will be an operation similar to that launched in Israel, where teams of Palestinian “laborers,” or reframed slaves, were put to work building a “fence” along what Israel considers its border to be, at least at the moment.
It is unlikely that the Minutemen would be able to do the work, although they would do it free, whereas some of the Mexican reframed slaves may be given a small amount of poor quality food, and depending on which Halliburton subsidiary they are subcontracting for, some may even be given a few dollars.
While they are working on the fence, US gunmen will be engaged in protecting America’s way of life by exterminating the families of the workers who approach what US considers its border at the moment.
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