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'Governors react to Trump's National Guard border deployment'
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/g...-border-deployment/ar-AAvwz2V?ocid=spartanntp
I don't think this is going to work. Does Trump know how the National Guard works? The key differences between National Guard troops being ordered to Active Duty by the state, and their deployment by the federal government, are who foots the bill and who’s in control. When Guard units are called up to serve in overseas combat missions, the personnel are federally funded and under federal command and control. Usually this is to augment the active forces in war. Disaster relief duty is only a few weeks or months long.
Each state has its own National Guard force under the jurisdiction of the state governor. These are mostly reservists with full-time civilian jobs. How long would they be deployed for? A 12 month overseas deployment already causes enough issues with work and family. By federal law their jobs are secured for the duration of the deployment, but things don't always work that way. What company wants to loose a key employee for 12 months? They usually find a way to bypass federal law and hire someone else.
I guarantee you that the state is not flipping the bill for this one. Border security? No, don't see it happening. Plus how popular of an idea do you think that will be for the people of that state? A federal call up to augment Active Duty forces in an all volunteer military during time of war is one thing. Border patrol is something entirely different. U.S. law limits what the troops can do. Federal law prohibits the military from being used to enforce laws, meaning troops cannot actually participate in immigration enforcement.
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/g...-border-deployment/ar-AAvwz2V?ocid=spartanntp
I don't think this is going to work. Does Trump know how the National Guard works? The key differences between National Guard troops being ordered to Active Duty by the state, and their deployment by the federal government, are who foots the bill and who’s in control. When Guard units are called up to serve in overseas combat missions, the personnel are federally funded and under federal command and control. Usually this is to augment the active forces in war. Disaster relief duty is only a few weeks or months long.
Each state has its own National Guard force under the jurisdiction of the state governor. These are mostly reservists with full-time civilian jobs. How long would they be deployed for? A 12 month overseas deployment already causes enough issues with work and family. By federal law their jobs are secured for the duration of the deployment, but things don't always work that way. What company wants to loose a key employee for 12 months? They usually find a way to bypass federal law and hire someone else.
I guarantee you that the state is not flipping the bill for this one. Border security? No, don't see it happening. Plus how popular of an idea do you think that will be for the people of that state? A federal call up to augment Active Duty forces in an all volunteer military during time of war is one thing. Border patrol is something entirely different. U.S. law limits what the troops can do. Federal law prohibits the military from being used to enforce laws, meaning troops cannot actually participate in immigration enforcement.
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