{"id":11758,"date":"2018-04-04T20:44:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T20:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/04\/white-house-walks-back-trumps-plan-to-use-us-military-on-southern-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:51:16","slug":"white-house-walks-back-trumps-plan-to-use-us-military-on-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2018\/04\/04\/white-house-walks-back-trumps-plan-to-use-us-military-on-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"New details on Trump\u2019s troop deployments to the Mexican border"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=af1ce70a-8064-4887-b01d-19184bd88e71\" 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announcement came roughly 24 hours after Trump announced at a similar event that \u201cwe\u2019re going to be guarding our border with the military,\u201d adding \u201cwe really haven\u2019t done that before.\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\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/01\/as-many-as-11800-military-families-face-deportation-issues-group-says\/\" 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=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18085667502261.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\">As many as 11,800 military families face deportation issues, group says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While the active duty members themselves are protected \u2014 because in order to enlist a service member has to show proof that they are in the country legally \u2014 their undocumented spouses are not.<\/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 comments drew questions and concerns about the commander in chief overstepping traditional military limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of folks were envisioning a line of active-duty troops and tanks on the border after Trump\u2019s first comments,\u201d said Todd Weiler, a former senior Pentagon official during Obama\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019ll probably end up seeing is some vehicles and aerial assets supporting the border patrol, which is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weiler credited Defense Secretary Jim Mattis \u2014 who was silent beside Trump when he made his Tuesday comments \u2014 for helping \u201ccalm\u201d the situation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s good that we have folks in the Pentagon who are quick to react and use the \u2018what the president meant to say\u2019 line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, Trump has floated the idea of having<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/29\/mattis-trump-discuss-using-military-funds-for-border-wall\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> the military pay for a controversial border wall <\/a>with part of its $700 billion fiscal 2018 defense budget, a suggestion that raised similar problematic issues of military readiness and responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nielsen on Wednesday emphasized the deployments would be similar to actions taken under former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Duties will include aerial surveillance work and infrastructure support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said she anticipates the moves will happen as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_515818665294.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_515818665294.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_515818665294.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_515818665294.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_515818665294.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Texas in April 2011. (Delcia Lopez\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Guard is deployed as it has been in the past, there would be little those troops could do to stop crime along the border, said William Banks, author of \u201cSoldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic Role of the American Military\u201d and director at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University\u2019s College of Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the federal government from using federal troops to conduct local law enforcement on U.S. soil. Banks called it the backbone of colonists\u2019 grievances when the United States declared independence from England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe phrase is known by every Private 1st Class in the U.S. military,\u201d Banks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also why National Guard forces are under state control, Banks said. The president could federalize the National Guard in an extreme situation, such as when Bush requested that the Guard forces responding to Hurricane Katrina be placed under federal control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even then, guardsmen would not have the authority to participate in law enforcement, such as preventing an illegal crossing or conducting a drug interdiction, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are exceptions, Banks said. Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 185.4 provides National Guard troops \u201cimmediate response authority\u201d \u2014 the ability to defend themselves if they are under immediate threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also a broader, short-term \u201cemergency authority,\u201d which allows the forces to take control \u201cin extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the president is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nielsen said none of those issues are under consideration at the moment. Federal departments are coordinating with all of the border state governors on the steps ahead, and administration officials are optimistic they will have full support from local leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBorder security is homeland security, which is national security,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a partisan issue. It\u2019s not something we can separate out. It\u2019s core to being a sovereign nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California officials have already publicly expressed resistance to the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has said he\u2019s turning to the military for help with immigration enforcement because of congressional Democrats\u2019 opposition to funding his proposed border wall. 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