as soon as the midterms are over the migrants are no longer useful and funding will run out. no more illegal campaign money from beto .no more soros bus rides. these poor bastards are about to get dropped like a hot potato
It's been unseasonable cold, and wet, at this site of a new U.S. base camp that's now home to several hundred active-duty U.S. Army soldiers. They’re part of the more than 5,000 troops Donald Trump deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of the midterms to ward off the so-called caravan of migrants headed north from Central America. It's a huge taxpayer expense — estimated cost: $200 million — but the troops have virtually nothing to do.
Here at Base Camp Donna, 10 miles east of McAllen, Army engineers have built facilities to accommodate a long-term deployment: It now has hot showers, laundry facilities, and a kitchen to produce two hot meals a day. The medical tent is outfitted for handling all manner of injuries, but there's been nothing much besides mosquito bites and scrapes from the concertina wire they're putting up.
Many of the soldiers here have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, except here, there’s no enemy to fight and no immediate action needed. The migrant caravan they're supposed to be responding to is weeks away and headed to Tijuana, 1,500 miles to the West. The only concrete mission the troops have engaged in so far is “hardening” parts of the border with the spiked wire.
When that’s done, said Major Derek Wamsley, a public affairs officer at the base, “we move back here and wait for the next request from Customs and Border Protection.”
All dressed up and no
Better yet, why did he send "The Troops" to the Texas border instead of the Mexico one?
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If its all just a big con, why did Trump feel the need to spend a hundred million in tax payers dollars to put the 'military on the boarder'?
Texas and Mexico share a border.Better yet, why did he send "The Troops" to the Texas border instead of the Mexico one?
Retards gonna dotard.....
"border".Texas and Mexico share a boarder.
They should invade, massacre, rape and segregate Native Americans first, before they come in.....whats nuts is some americans wanna just let em all in
President Donald Trump is expected to grant new authority to US troops on the Southwest border with Mexico to protect Customs and Border Protection personnel from migrants if they engage in violence, according to two defense officials and another US official directly familiar with the plans. An additional administration official tells CNN that the authority will also authorize protection of federal property.
Currently troops do not have any authorities that would allow them to intervene if CBP personnel came under attack unless they need to act in their own self-defense.
Not picking sides but USA has been spending unreal $$$ on bombs and drone missiles per day thru both Obama and Trump's time in office.Wait, the troops were recalled right when the caravan starts to arrive?
What the fuck?
@Shinkicker do you still think it was worth the price tag?
The election's over, so the fearmongering has suspended its campaign....Wait, the troops were recalled right when the caravan starts to arrive?
What the fuck?
@Shinkicker do you still think it was worth the price tag?