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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia puts a halt to Trumps border wall plan and refuses to send state troops to help
Earlier this month, Trump boasted about sending National Guard troops to protect the southern border. Trump proposed to send nearly 400 troops to the border.
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U.S. officials announced Monday, that California is now refusing to send their troops as a resource because the work is too closely aligned with immigration enforcement according to the Associated Press.
Troops would have been a useful resource to perform work such as operating remotely-controlled surveillance cameras, documenting suspicious activity, repairing vehicles, and a host of administrative tasks.
Despite his initial eagerness, California Gov. Jerry Brown pulled back on his support, and said he would not send California troops to work alongside immigration enforcement. Brown, instead wants to focus on criminal gangs and drug and firearms smugglers. The other border state governors in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, are all on board with Trumps plan.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/california-puts-halt-trumps-border-wall-plan-refuses-send-state-troops-help/?comments=disqus
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California puts a halt to Trumps border wall plan and refuses to send state troops to help (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2018
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Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)1. LOL, Sez Disaster Don!!
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)2. Good, those three states can obviously afford to waste money on nonsense.
Thank you Brown!
triron
(22,007 posts)4. We have a fucking Repuke governor here in NM.
But come November things will change.
joshdawg
(2,650 posts)5. We have the same here in Texas.
Unfortunately, nothing will change.
spanone
(135,846 posts)3. Thank you Governor Brown