{"id":29498,"date":"2018-10-26T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/26\/democrats-blast-trump-for-militarizing-the-immigration-debate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:16:18","slug":"democrats-blast-trump-for-militarizing-the-immigration-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/10\/26\/democrats-blast-trump-for-militarizing-the-immigration-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats blast Trump for \u2018militarizing\u2019 the immigration debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Democratic critics of President Donald Trump are accusing him of \u201cmilitarizing\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/25\/border-patrol-union-head-calls-national-guard-deployment-a-colossal-waste-of-time\/\" target=_blank>the southern U.S. border<\/a> with his latest decision to deploy about 800 active-duty troops there to assist with security efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe president\u2019s (decision) is fundamentally wrong and a political act at a time when leadership is needed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/10\/23\/the-military-could-see-big-changes-if-democrats-win-control-of-congress\/\" target=_blank>House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith<\/a>, D-Wash., said in a statement late Thursday evening. \u201cWe should not be militarizing the border, and President Trump has offered no clear idea of what our forces are going to do there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier on Thursday, Pentagon officials confirmed that the force of 800 troops will help bolster the effort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/23\/2000-unarmed-guard-troops-on-border-as-trump-vows-to-send-more-to-stop-migrant-caravan\/\" target=_blank>2,100 National Guard servicemembers already working in southwest states<\/a>, in support of border security operations.<\/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\/2018\/10\/25\/800-more-troops-to-be-sent-to-mexican-border\/\" 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\/30595769247_923cd5a312_k.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\">800 active-duty troops to be sent to Mexican border<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The military is preparing to send at least 800 more troops to the Mexican border to help the Border Patrol, as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants continues to move north.<\/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\">Trump has said the additional personnel are needed to deal with a caravan of migrants traveling from South America towards the United States. 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