JBLM to Send Soldiers to Mexico Border

As thousands of people from Central America march toward the U.S., President Trump has ordered military troops to the U.S. - Mexican border. Some of those troops being deployed to the border are from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). On his visit to JBLM Wednesday, the Secretary of the Army, Dr. Mark Esper said troops will focus on logistical support to border patrol. The JBLM troops will be deployed for 45 days at the border or longer if needed.  (KOMO 4 News, November 2, 2018)

According to USA Today (October, 29, 2018):  President Trump wants to keep criminals out of U.S. In fiscal 2017 alone, the ICE-Homeland Security Investigations unit seized nearly 1 million pounds of drugs, including tons of the deadly opioids that are fueling the worst drug overdose crisis in U.S. history.

Stemming the flow of violent crime, much of it linked to MS-13 and other brutal transnational criminal gangs, is also impossible if we can’t control border crossings. Fully 74 percent of the 143,470 suspected illegal aliens ICE arrested for removal proceedings in 2017 had criminal records, including almost 10,000 sex offenders and more than 1,500 convicted killers.

Democrats and open borders advocates, though, want to abolish ICE, leave our weakened asylum system unreformed, and ignore the fact that foreign governments are enabling the mass invasion of American borders. They oppose Trump’s immigration agenda at every turn because they’re convinced that continued mass illegal immigration and, eventually, mass amnesty, will bring them an endless supply of liberal votes.

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Operating in Hostile and Non-Permissive Environments:
A Survival and Resource Guide for Those Who Go in Harm’s Way

Military personnel deployed to a combat area, their supporting contractors overseas, government civilian employees overseas, non-government organizations (NGOs), journalists working on international stories, businesses attempting to establish a foothold in developing countries, and individual travelers to remote areas of the world can all find themselves in hostile and non-permissive environments. This guide covers a broad range of subjects that are intended to aid individuals, living and working in dangerous areas, in being safer in their daily lives and in being better able to protect themselves and survive in case of an emergency, disaster, or hostile action.