President Trump on Friday put the Pentagon in charge of a narrow strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border, authorizing the military to detain immigrants suspected of crossing illegally.
The latest directive builds on Trump’s January executive order declaring illegal immigration a national emergency and ordering the military to secure the border.
- Under the order, the military now has jurisdiction over the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60-foot-wide strip of land along the border with Mexico.
- The military can use that land to stage operations and detain immigrants suspected of crossing the border illegally.
We really are turning into East Germany. The order says:
“Our southern border is under attack from a variety of threats. The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past.”
Right. Except:
Illegal border crossings have already fallen to their lowest level in decades as a result of policies in place before Trump took office combined with his immigration crackdown, researchers have said.
As we know, Trump has been planning military action against Mexico since his first term. He’s just getting the troops in place.