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14. Are we moving into a police state? This is not the purpose of the national guard. I see Bannon's

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 11:36 AM

Feb 2017

This is all over Twitter. I am very afraid.

Kyle Griffin ‏@kylegriffin1 17m17 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration considers mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants.
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Chris Geidner ‏@chrisgeidner 17m17 minutes ago

Chris Geidner Retweeted The Associated Press

I'd like a better description of "considers."

Chris Geidner added,
The Associated Press @AP
BREAKING: Trump administration considers mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants.
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WTF? Are we moving into a police state? This is not the purpose of the national guard. I see Bannon's fingerprints on this

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Trump administration considers mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops [View all] deminks Feb 2017 OP

Yikes... 2naSalit Feb 2017 #1

Dump also sent 300 Air Guard from CT to the ME wordpix Feb 2017 #58

Clinton, Bush and Obama deployed the Guard, too--you're apple/oranging. nt MADem Feb 2017 #63

no I'm not, just giving a factoid wordpix Feb 2017 #95

Deploying reservists overseas isn't the same as using them as stormtroopers at home. nt MADem Feb 2017 #101

Half of the guard members might end up rounding up cousins, Ilsa Feb 2017 #2

No kidding. Will this be where we remember Hortensis Feb 2017 #88

And here's your attempted diversion from Russia. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #3

+1 2naSalit Feb 2017 #72

+2 ColemanMaskell Feb 2017 #85

Yes. But no "side," 45 admires Putin's authoritarian fist. Hortensis Feb 2017 #87

That's what I was thinking. How'd AP get that memo? nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #98

+3 True Dough Feb 2017 #102

This is EXACTLY what we did to the US citizens of Japanese descent in WW2 HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #4

No really it is not. Tommy Generico Feb 2017 #19

That's the next step. tavernier Feb 2017 #26

They were not "forced labor" camps, there was a world war and there were no deportations, so...... Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #33

Some of these people have green cards and visa. DK504 Feb 2017 #40

US Detention centers use prisoners for forced labor kiranerys Feb 2017 #52

They were interned in camps but they were NOT forced labor camps lunatica Feb 2017 #105

Not only then but under Hover in the late '20's and early '30's,,, mrmpa Feb 2017 #93

Only governors can do that? Yes? No? I do not know. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #5

No! atreides1 Feb 2017 #18

Thanks. Source? Wikipedia? Specifically, where's the second paragraph from? NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #27

There are EXTREME LIMITS to POTUS authority in that regard. MADem Feb 2017 #67

Thus, Twitler's newest outrage.... paleotn Feb 2017 #81

thank God for the judiciary onetexan Feb 2017 #86

Yes, yes, yes! District and then appellate courts will do most of the Hortensis Feb 2017 #89

He'd have to get some state governors to go along with it? Turbineguy Feb 2017 #6

He has 31 that are repugs. More then half the country. Heck almost two thirds. yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #28

Thanks for the link. ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #82

There aren't enough Grayhound buses to round up 11 million people. vlyons Feb 2017 #7

Obviously it is a stick HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #9

republicans are going to totally screw over the freaking FARM economy Achilleaze Feb 2017 #8

Trump is doing that now. murielm99 Feb 2017 #39

Not only with this kiranerys Feb 2017 #53

Pee45 & republican cronies have totally suckered America's farmers Achilleaze Feb 2017 #59

Trump is going to kill a whole bunch of hardcore republican farmers and the red republican workinclasszero Feb 2017 #91

The problem is there are actually places that you are not allowed to Doreen Feb 2017 #77

this turns my stomach OKNancy Feb 2017 #10

From Wikipedia Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #11

PCA is Posse Comitus Act Marthe48 Feb 2017 #16

Two words: BillyBobBrilliant Feb 2017 #12

Laying the groundwork... Wuddles440 Feb 2017 #13

Are we moving into a police state? This is not the purpose of the national guard. I see Bannon's riversedge Feb 2017 #14

Well, there goes any agricultural products from those states packman Feb 2017 #15

K&R volstork Feb 2017 #17

Are these folks involved in planting too? greymattermom Feb 2017 #20

Yes, and in crop maintenance. NT politicat Feb 2017 #35

In the South, it's always harvest season for something kiranerys Feb 2017 #56

Using the military for domestic law enforcement? Tommy Generico Feb 2017 #21

From upthread: christx30 Feb 2017 #37

I will bet that after this weekends mayhem at his campaign rally GusBob Feb 2017 #22

He wanted tanks in his inaugural parade, so I don't doubt it kiranerys Feb 2017 #54

how soon before he tries to use the National Guard against anyone? Marthe48 Feb 2017 #23

The troops would not be nationalized, remaining under state control. HAB911 Feb 2017 #24

The governors have had relatively quiet phones and faxes recently. Let's change that. politicat Feb 2017 #36

Oh, hell no uppityperson Feb 2017 #25

FWIW, Sean Spicer - This is not true. DHS also confirms it is 100% false herding cats Feb 2017 #29

Here's more to back up your statement: 7962 Feb 2017 #83

You guys aren't thinking big enough woundedkarma Feb 2017 #30

I'd call you crazy, but that was my EXACT THOUGHT after reading the post. byronius Feb 2017 #34

I think NM and Calif will tell him, hell no.New Mexicans wont do thisTo their own families.Civil War Alice11111 Feb 2017 #74

History Repeats! Wait for it! SCVDem Feb 2017 #31

Yes, this is legal under the Posse Comitatus Act Lurks Often Feb 2017 #32

It doesn't apply to National Guard "UNDER STATE AUTHORITY" This is a Federal action. W T F Feb 2017 #44

It'll depend on how the orders are phrased Lurks Often Feb 2017 #57

Update: Either the report was false or Trump is backpedalling. Tommy Generico Feb 2017 #38

Here is the memo. earthside Feb 2017 #42

They say it is a DRAFT--not signed, not implemented. MADem Feb 2017 #66

what can you believe? He changes his "policies" every minute wordpix Feb 2017 #60

Has any one heard about the 8 stages of genocide ... aggiesal Feb 2017 #41

Dehumanization is key. tRump-bots have totally bought that one regarding Muslims Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #50

Ok, so moving 5 to the number 3 slot ... aggiesal Feb 2017 #73

Between 4 & 5. Polarized since Newt Gingrich 1994, muslims been dehumanized since before 9/11. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author W T F Feb 2017 #43

BS story. Beware of hysteria Oneironaut Feb 2017 #45

Is the AP memo a forgery? earthside Feb 2017 #47

It does say "draft" and White House doesn't deny its authenticity, just that it is not actual policy Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #49

Martin Niemoller comes to mind jmowreader Feb 2017 #46

This story has already been denied by the White House. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #48

It was based on an ACTUAL draft memo that did not make it up the chain. MADem Feb 2017 #65

So somebody low in the food chain wrote it. Igel Feb 2017 #94

Wow the formation of his brown shirts jzodda Feb 2017 #51

Quite a few agencies will take issue with this. MADem Feb 2017 #55

he just sent 300 Air Guards to MidEast from CT wordpix Feb 2017 #61

That's not the same. The Mid-East is not "Texas" or "Nevada." MADem Feb 2017 #62

it's problematic we're using Nat Guard for wordpix Feb 2017 #96

We've done this for many decades now. MADem Feb 2017 #100

I see his trial baloon already popped! Rex Feb 2017 #64

He's a sick fucker judesedit Feb 2017 #68

He wanted to but then someone grabbed his Posse Comitatus.... Thor_MN Feb 2017 #69

Sound like somebody leaked this draft to "nip it in the bud" as Barney Fife would say. nt Cognitive_Resonance Feb 2017 #70

The RTKBA crew spent 8 years arming themselves against this very type of action! EarthFirst Feb 2017 #71

How very Nazi-esque of him NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #76

I am surprised Washington state was not in there. Doreen Feb 2017 #78

And the American Gestapo is born... Liberaltalker Feb 2017 #79

Trump via Spicer zentrum Feb 2017 #80

Scary shit. We need to get rid of this shitbag. Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #84

Jerry Brown wryter2000 Feb 2017 #90

Jefferson's fears of peace-time standing army realized? Panich52 Feb 2017 #92

California will not... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #97

Governors would have a choice...CA, OR and WA govs will not go for it. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #99

The Libertarian Wing of the GOP will have a shit fit. McCamy Taylor Feb 2017 #103

There is not way trump can implement this, without concentration camps. Paladin Feb 2017 #104