Customs officials at the border already outnumber these troops 3 to 1. A better investment would be to hire more @CBP officers, who are trained on intake and processing procedures. Those are resources CBP has said they need.
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Trump is doubling down on his anti-refugee rhetoric by sending a large military presence to the border, when migrants are still roughly 900 miles from the U.S. This is a waste of resources that hurts our readiness and national security.https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-to-deploy-5-000-troops-to-southern-border-u-s-officials-say-1540820650?emailToken=9560ce175651fc12b8bab066e63dbadezcaMeKTFMmWQr+D7AKOkgio+tuJcTOKDhAfHcF35fHIC/N1fiObfNhElR1TxICE3h0Bo/zwAw0ceL6axvx7504SGPCj2rWSYjhjUnofEQZ/+FjkQIxXg//tKm78AtVeT&reflink=article_copyURL_share …
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This also is a waste of efforts that can otherwise be dedicated to improving the violence occurring at home. Way to go to the Trump administration to yet again showing how they are destroying the country.
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