The best thing to come out of today was that the president was confused. @OutFrontCNN pic.twitter.com/QqsLFUetcX
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) April 4, 2018
May I state for the record: Go with your poll-tested Reagan Defense, claim the President is too far into Alzheimers to know what he’s talking about is not only definitive, it’s the most Massachusetts political commentary of the week…
Yesterday:
Trump appeared to promise to militarize the border, per pool report. "We are going to be guarding our border with our military. That's a big step."
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 3, 2018
Breaking: Donald Trump Makes Mouth Noises
(I don't even know what this is supposed to mean)https://t.co/kyF2LbB4tk— Dara Lind (@DLind) April 3, 2018
Grab ‘em by the posse comitatus. https://t.co/SeqrsuQEpE
— Seth Masket (@smotus) April 3, 2018
Today:
BREAKING: Trump administration: President working with governors on 'immediate' deployment of National Guard to US-Mexico border.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2018
Per the Washington Post:
President Trump will sign a proclamation Wednesday sending National Guard troops to the southern border to ramp up security efforts, the administration announced, after days of warnings from the president about the dangers of illegal immigration.
The National Guard will be sent to assist Border Patrol agents until legislation is passed to close “loopholes” that the Trump administration says allow certain undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and the “catch-and-release” policy is ended, according to a person familiar with the expected White House proposal. Catch and release is a practice of releasing undocumented immigrants from custody while they await their hearings.
The troops will be in a support role, doing tasks such as road development and intelligence gathering, according to the person familiar with the plan who would discuss the unreleased details only on the condition of anonymity.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Trump will sign a proclamation Wednesday that will direct her department and the Pentagon to work with states to deploy the National Guard.
She declined to provide the number of troops that will be sent or other specifics about the plan, saying the administration plans to coordinate with governors of southern states on the border strategy.
“We hope to have the path forward very much specified in the very near future,” Nielsen said.
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