Obama orders 1,200 Guard troops to border
President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment.
Obama will also request $500 million for border protection and law enforcement activities, according to lawmakers and administration officials.
The president announced the deployment shortly after he returned from lunch with the 41-member Senate Republican Caucus, who told him that U.S. borders first need to be secured before work could start on a sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration laws. Arizona's two Republican senators said the deployment wasn't enough.
A military official said Tuesday that details were still being worked out on the troops' orders and destinations, adding that the timing of their deployment was not yet clear. Also undetermined was which units from which states would deploy.
Administration officials said the National Guard troops will work on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support, analysis and training, and
support efforts to block drug trafficking. They will temporarily supplement Border Patrol agents until Customs and Border Protection can recruit and train additional officers and agents to serve on the border, according to a letter Tuesday from top administration security officials to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich.
A War in Mexico has been going on for over a decade now............A War the Mexican Gov't is losing.........Many politicians in their Gov't are now nothing but puppets to the Drug Lords and the military and police aren't doing anything about it because the Cartels will kill their families if they try and do anything about it.
Make no mistake who runs Mexico......it sure isn't the people.
