Thread: Guard To Withdraw Half Of Its Forces Assisting Border Patrol

National Guard To Withdraw Half Of Its Forces Assisting U.S. Border Patrol

July 10, 2007 7:08 p.m. EST


Matthew Borghese - AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The National Guard will slash the number of troops stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border in half, according to a new deployment order.

The Pentagon will cut the number of soldiers assisting the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency from 6,000 to 3,000, following a surge put in place by President George Bush last year to help combat illegal immigration and the drug trade.

President Bush initiated "Operation Jump Start" which put a mostly volunteer force along the 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico. The troops helped take care of administrative duties, freeing up Border Protection agents to keep vigil and make arrests.

National Guard Bureau spokesman Army Maj. David Kolarik said that the deployment "was never meant to be a permanent solution."

"It was just an intermediate measure to provide support for border security efforts until they brought the additional resources and personnel in line that they needed," Major Kolarik said.



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This is to be expected, because the National Guard on the border was political window dressing to sell the grand amnesty plan. We are being invaded and the National Guard should be placed in full force on the border to fulfill constitutional obligations.

You are so right.... You just hide and see: No More immigration raids.. No Nothing.. It will be just like 2002...
Nothing will get done.. Except more illegals will overstay their Visa's and more will pour across our border..