Comments by "retnavybrat" (@retnavybrat) on "🇺🇸 Trump claims Middle Easterners part of migrant caravan | Al Jazeera English" video.

  1. Not happening unless Trump violates the Posse Comitatus Act.
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  2. Trump can send troops if he likes, but they can't do anything other than provide logistical support for the Border Patrol and National Guard.
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  3.  @timg.3326  It's not the Pentagon that has to "change that", but Congress. 18 U.S.C. § 1385. Use of Army and Air Force as posse comitatus : Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 10 U.S.C. § 275. Restriction on direct participation by military personnel : The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to ensure that any activity (including the provision of any equipment or facility or the assignment or detail of any personnel) under this chapter does not include or permit direct participation by a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps in a search, seizure, arrest, or other similar activity unless participation in such activity by such member is otherwise authorized by law.
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  4. Not that I'd believe Trump if he said the sky was blue, but I don't see how these news organizations can claim with 100% certainty that there aren't any criminal elements within this caravan just based on hanging out within a small segment of the group for a brief period of time.
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