For the second time, the Department of Defense denied DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request to deploy the National Guard to help the thousands of illegal immigrants bused to the city.
Pentagon Executive Secretary Kelly Bulliner Holly explained to Bowser why the department could not deploy the National Guard.
Unfortunately, I could not find a copy of the letter. The outlets did attach a copy. From Fox News:
Defense Department executive secretary Kelly Bulliner Holly wrote in a letter to Bowser on Monday that the D.C. National Guard is not trained to assist migrants and activation would lead to “diminished readiness” for the troops.”The DCNG has no specific experience in or training for this kind of mission or unique skills for providing facility management, feeding, sanitation or ground support,” Holly wrote in the letter, which was reviewed by Fox News.”Approval of this request would also result in a substantial readiness impact to the DCNG,” Holly continued. “Devoting the personnel or the facility for such an extended mission would force the cancellation or disruption of military training.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Greg Abbott started busing illegal immigrants to DC in April since the Biden Administration has not done anything to help the border with all the migrants crossing the border.
The small border towns do not have the resources to handle the influx of migrants. Abbott and Ducey continue to use state resources to help out, but immigration is a federal issue. They have asked Biden for help.
Last month, Bowser asked the Pentagon for help from the National Guard.
The Pentagon denied the request: “We have determined providing this support would negatively impact the readiness of the DCNG and have negative effects on the organization and members.”
On August 11, Bowser asked the Pentagon again for the National Guard. She told officials she hoped “for a 90-day deployment from the National Guard to provide ‘logistical support.'”
Abbott has sent about 7,000 illegal immigrants to DC since April. He sent some to New York City after Mayor Eric Adams blamed Texas and Arizona for the people arriving in his city.
But the feds flew illegal immigrants to New York in the middle of the night starting last year.
Adams did not stop, so Abbott started busing illegal immigrants to NYC: “Before we began busing migrants to New York, it was just Texas and Arizona that bore the brunt of all the chaos and problems that come with it. Now, the rest of America can understand exactly what is going on.”
Maybe Adams and Bowser shouldn’t have declared their cities as sanctuary cities.
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