{"id":27833,"date":"2019-02-26T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/26\/as-border-deployment-grows-lawmakers-demand-details\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:14:54","slug":"as-border-deployment-grows-lawmakers-demand-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/26\/as-border-deployment-grows-lawmakers-demand-details\/","title":{"rendered":"As border deployment grows, lawmakers demand details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. lawmakers want acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to explain the long-term plan for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/02\/06\/with-another-caravan-approaching-dod-shifts-forces-along-border\/\" target=\"_blank\">troops at the southern border<\/a>, how much those deployments cost and what<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/02\/21\/dod-asks-dhs-for-data-to-justify-milcon-use-for-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\"> toll<\/a> it will take on military readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to Shanahan obtained by Defense News, a group of 11 House Democrats ask how the border deployments could align with the National Defense Strategy\u2019s focus on Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTroop deployment levels appear to have been chosen not based on an assessment of an action threat, but instead based on the status of negotiations for a border wall,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat conditions on the ground must be met to merit withdrawal from the border?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/02\/25\/58-former-national-security-officials-to-rebuke-trumps-emergency-declaration\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4914338.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">58 former national security officials to rebuke Trump\u2019s emergency declaration<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials is expected to join opposition to President Trump\u2019s national emergency declaration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter\u2019s authors also condemned President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to use military construction funds to build his border wall, beyond the $1.4 billion Congress approved for border security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Trump declared a national emergency on the border earlier this month, the White House has identified $3.6 billion in military construction funds for the Department of defense to potentially tap, as well as $2.5 billion in drug interdiction funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter is set to be made public Tuesday, but the louder message will likely come from the vote in the Democratic-led House to cancel the emergency declaration, also on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump is likely to prevail in the end since he could use his first-ever veto to kill the measure if it passes Congress, but the White House is seeking to minimize defections among the president\u2019s GOP allies to avoid embarrassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope our great Republican Senators don\u2019t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security,\u201d Trump tweeted on Monday. \u201cWithout strong Borders, we don\u2019t have a Country \u2014 and the voters are on board with us. Be strong and smart, don\u2019t fall into the Democrats `trap\u2019 of Open Borders and Crime!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a hearing on the topic last month, DoD officials and Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee argued that the military presence along the southern border isn\u2019t improper or even unusual, noting that past presidential administrations have sent troops to assist border patrol agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The director of operations for the Joint Staff, Vice Adm. Michael Gilday, said then that active-duty units were being rotated out every six to eight weeks in an effort to minimize the impact on readiness and reset concerns. He said several units will miss company-level training requirements because of the mission, \u201cbut we believe we can replace that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter\u2019s signatories \u2014 Reps. Anthony Brown, Salud Carbajal, Gilbert Cisneros, Veronica Escobar, Ruben Gallego, Deb Haaland, Katie Hill, William Keating, Bobby Rush, Mikie Sherill and Mike Thompson \u2014 argue there is no emergency, partly citing Pentagon officials who testified they were unaware of a terrorist threat on the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/25\/congressman-an-officer-back-from-an-air-guard-mission-on-the-border-now-backs-trumps-emergency-declaration\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3756170.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Congressman, an officer back from an Air Guard mission on the border, now backs Trump\u2019s emergency declaration<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger is back from his two-week Air National Guard deployment flying surveillance missions over the Arizona border and the experienced shored up his support for the president\u2019s national emergency declaration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawmakers also express concern &#8220;the diversion of drug interdiction and military construction funding may adversely affect counter terrorism activities and quality of life improvements that our servicemembers and their families rely on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They asked for the Pentagon\u2019s estimate of the costs to date and the remainder of fiscal 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon acknowledged Feb. 22 that the 5,000 military personnel deployed to the southern border would grow to roughly 6,000 by March 1. 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