Donald Trump’s dream of a Fascist dictatorship. Shut down the media, stop freedom of the press, make the congress a rubber stamp body, end the judiciary, and president for life.
Can the president deploy troops to the southern border of the United States to stop illegal immigrants from entering? The answer is NO!
The military can be deployed for ‘support’ services, which mostly would mean various kinds of surveillance or possibly building things. But if soldiers see people trying to get across the border they have to report that to Border Patrol because only Border Patrol can try to stop them.
The reason is because the Posse Comitatus Act makes two things clear. 1) Soldiers and other military personnel can’t enforce US laws within the United States and 2) They can’t detain or search people or do most of the things that usually go along with police authority in the United States. There are other things they can’t do. But those are the key ones relevant to the border. Congress would have to pass a law specifically authorizing the military to act as border guards.
In 2006 6,000 national guard troops were sent to the border to assist the border patrol with non-enforcement duties. Those actions included surveillance, communications, intelligence, analysis, and administration.
The law should not be changed. If it is it would be the first step towards a Gestapo. The definition of Gestapo was the German Secret Police during Nazi rule. Gestapo were Secret military police that would come and take away people who opposed the Nazis.
I believe this is part of Trump’s plan.
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