© Loren Elliott/ReutersDonna, Texas immigrant facility
But in recent weeks, troops have been stationed inside a migrant detention facility in Donna, Texas. They were initially deployed there to perform welfare checks - the troops are allowed to perform emergency medical care - but their duties have 'evolved' to include acting as de facto prison guards, something that would be a clear violation of Posse Comitatus, NBC reports:
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., who chairs the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Readiness, says having active duty troops monitor migrants is "teetering on the edge of the posse comitatus law."One former defense official told NBC that monitoring migrants is probably "a bridge too far." If soldiers tried to break up a fight, they'd be in clear violation of the law.
"It's not the role of the U.S. military to be a prison guard," he said. "This is certainly mission creep" and could put U.S. military service members "in a precarious legal situation."
Right now, interactions between the troops and migrants are limited "as much as possible," said John Cornelio, particularly at the detention facility where troops are now stationed. More from NBC:
"At the Donna Facility specifically," said Cornelio, "unarmed military personnel monitor the migrants for signs of medical distress, possibility for unrest, unusual behavior and unresponsiveness. In the event of a medical emergency or other reportable event, our military personnel immediately notify CBP personnel on-site who respond to the incident or event in question."One defense official told NBC that the troops weren't "guarding" the migrants, saying they were just monitoring them for signs of health issues and performing welfare checks. If the troops spot a problem, they're supposed to alert a CBP official and have them handle the situation, unless there's a medical emergency or something else that would require an emergency response. Furthermore, the troops aren't armed, which cuts against claims that they're performing a 'police' function.
"Monitoring the wellness of migrants is not a law enforcement function, and this activity has been reviewed by our legal staff to ensure compliance with the Posse Comitatus Act and applicable law. CBP personnel are always present to provide force protection, physical security and perform their law enforcement duties."
Expect pro-migrant groups to try and challenge the troop deployments to the border: we're surprised they haven't already.
It would be nice to know if migrants can be seen as an invading force. Breaking into a country could be interpreted as a foreign country, conducting asymmetrical warfare through immigration. Therefore it is the military duty to deal with them. Allowing the military to control the borders of the nation. Because the police force is supposed to deal with internal affairs, laws and regulations, for people that are legally within the country.
There is also the multipolar view of the world. That requires each independent country to deal with its population. Even the process of emigration is now being considered, to make it illegal in the near future. To ensure the education system does not invest in brains that leave the country for other countries to exploit.
It seems to me the West will fail so badly, that there will be migration out, towards rural areas from other places of the world. And it will be people in Africa rejecting asylum seekers.