{"id":29704,"date":"2019-04-10T20:03:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/10\/trump-again-looks-to-boost-troop-deployments-at-us-southern-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:11:07","slug":"trump-again-looks-to-boost-troop-deployments-at-us-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2019\/04\/10\/trump-again-looks-to-boost-troop-deployments-at-us-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to boost troop deployments at U.S. southern border again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump said that he is considering sending even more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/03\/05\/here-are-the-units-now-deployed-to-the-us-mexico-border\/\" target=_blank> troops to the southern U.S. border<\/a> to help with security missions there, calling the situation there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/21\/white-house-approves-use-of-force-some-law-enforcement-roles-for-border-troops\/\" target=_blank>increasingly dangerous<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2019m going to have to call up more military,\u201d he said Wednesday during a roundtable with supporters in Texas related to his plans for <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>a southern border wall<\/a> and tighter immigration laws for Central and South American migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur military, don\u2019t forget, can\u2019t act like a military would act. Because if they got a little rough, everybody would go crazy \u2026 They have all these horrible laws that the Democrats won&#8217;t change.\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\/2019\/04\/09\/shanahan-predicts-expanded-role-at-border-for-pentagon\/\" 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=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19054652458965.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\">Shanahan predicts expanded role at border for Pentagon<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The military isn&#039;t leaving the border anytime soon, the acting secretary expects.<\/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\">Neither the president nor White House officials clarified how many troops may be added or whether Trump\u2019s comments reflected concerns about the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th- century federal law that restricts active-duty military participation in domestic law enforcement activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s remarks came a day after acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said he \u201cwould expect us to do more\u201d in the border mission, given \u201chow much the situation there has deteriorated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 5,000 military personnel are currently deployed to the border mission. Of those, about 3,000 are active-duty troops and 2,100 are National Guard members. The number has fluctuated by several hundred individuals over the last six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their current mission is in support of Homeland Security operations, reinforcing barriers and providing logistics support but not directly engaging with or detaining any immigrants or asylum seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House and Pentagon officials have said that the military\u2019s border mission, which began in October, will continue until at least this fall, but could extend even further if conditions warrant. Critics have accused the president of militarizing the immigration debate and in appropriately using service members for a non-emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and congressional Democrats have also been locked in a months-long battle over funding for his controversial border wall proposal, which culminated in an extended partial government shutdown at the start of the year.<\/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\/10\/31\/federal-law-limits-what-us-troops-deployed-at-the-border-can-do\/\" 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=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/43719279910_60df80152b_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\">This federal law limits what US troops deployed at the border can do<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The more than 5,200 active-duty troops being sent by President Donald Trump to the U.S.-Mexico border will be limited in what they can do under a federal law that restricts the military from engaging in law enforcement on American soil.<\/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\">In February, Trump announced that he plans to use more than $3 billion in unspent military construction funds to advance the wall project, over the objections of Congress. 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