Report: DHS Wants 20K National Guard Troops to Assist with Immigration

The New York Times quoted two U.S. officials in a report published Thursday. President Trump asked the Department of Homeland Security last week to increase its ranks by pulling in 20,000 officers from state or federal agencies. Lawyers at the Pentagon were reviewing the request with “interior immigration enforcement,” according to a Defense Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations. National Guard troops have generally played a supporting role to domestic authorities in enforcing immigration issues at the border, including logistics, security and other assistance. If the request were approved, it would be the first time National Guard soldiers were used to help enforce an immigration crackdown in the United States. The president declared the border to be a national emergency and designated Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. In Trump’s first 100 days back in office, illegal border crossings dropped to historic lows, and his administration has been targeting thousands of criminal illegal aliens for deportation. Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents recently arrested nearly 200 criminal illegals in Nashville, Tennessee, and the group included wanted killers, rapists, and drug dealers, per Breitbart News. Trump has since made border security and immigration enforcement top priorities as his administration works to protect American

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