PENTAGON: Three Migrant Caravans Heading To U.S., One Has 12,000



Pentagon Official is warning Americans that three massive migrant caravans are headed to the United States' southern border with Mexico.

On Tuesday, John Rood testified to the House Armed Services Committee that one of the caravans contains over 12,000 illegal aliens.

"Current information shows that a caravan of over 12,000 people — there's three that we are tracking, that the DHS is tracking en route, one that is over 12,000 by the latest estimate," said Rood, who is the undersecretary of Defense for policy.

There are currently more than 2,300 active-duty troops at the southern border, down from a high of 5,900 in November.

Defense officials say several thousands more active-duty troops are expected to head to the border in the coming weeks, to assist the Department of Homeland Security with laying down more concertina wire and helping to monitor the border between points of entry.


Democrats called Pentagon officials in to testify on President Trump's order of active duty troops to the border in October, which they have called a political stunt by the White House before the midterm election.

But defense officials testified that it was the Pentagon — not the White House — decided that active-duty troops were able to deploy faster and were better resourced to deal with the caravans headed to the border than National Guard and reserve forces.

"That was a decision made inside the Department," said Navy Adm. Michael Gilday, the director for operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Democrat lawmakers had the nerve to question whether there was a real crisis that necessitated the deployment of troops when the number of illegal immigrants coming across the border have been higher in previous years.

"The difference is really the caravans and really the nature of the asylum seekers," Rood said.
Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-TX) agreed. "One of the things that changed is that now we have thousands, and tens of thousands of migrants who are coming in caravans which we have not seen before," he said.

"The days when we had a greater number of people — but most of them were from Mexico, and you could simply put them back across the border — are very different from these large family groups, 10, 12,000 people coming. So yes, it changed the requirements," he added.

"We have 42 percent increase in the number of family units. We have 60,000 unaccompanied children that were caught last year," Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) added. "I'm a former teacher and a mom, this is a humanitarian crisis."

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/senior-dod-official-three-migrant-caravans-headed-to-u-s-one-with-12000/

Funny how these caravans soon disappear, anyone know where they go? 

'Forget Trump's border distraction – the real threat is inside the house'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/forget-trumps-border-distraction-the-real-threat-is-inside-the-house

Quote from: midcan5 on February 02, 2019, 05:04:42 AM
Funny how these caravans soon disappear, anyone know where they go? 

'Forget Trump's border distraction – the real threat is inside the house'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/forget-trumps-border-distraction-the-real-threat-is-inside-the-house

I agree. With Pelosi running the house it is a threat.

Quote from: midcan5 on February 02, 2019, 05:04:42 AM
Funny how these caravans soon disappear, anyone know where they go? 

'Forget Trump's border distraction – the real threat is inside the house'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/forget-trumps-border-distraction-the-real-threat-is-inside-the-house

Wow, you are proof that Pavlov was Right.
Everything Trump said about criminals crossing the border is true, but your need to derail the truth about the open borders is even more telling by posting a racist hit piece by Marxists attempting to further divide along lines of race.
I bet you didn't even notice the racism oozing from the headline, did you?
So your article takes one psychopath and turns it plural, as if all white men are somehow inherently evil.  I should give you a timeout for posting racist hate speech like your side does.

While the government was shut down over the president's wall, native-born white men proved, once again, to be America's biggest terrorist danger

Let me ask you asscan, how about we just remove all walls along the border, including the ones near check points, tell me, how do you suppose this would effect the issue of sex trafficking children, drugs, murderers fleeing their own country?

Serious question, if a border wall is bad, then why even have check points?

This will be interesting. McConnell has to bring it to the floor for a vote if passed by the House.

McConnell (R-Ky.) told Trump that Congress might end up passing a resolution disapproving the emergency declaration, the people said — which would force the president to contemplate issuing his first veto ever, in the face of opposition from his own party.

Quote from: Cadescove on February 02, 2019, 03:42:58 PM
This will be interesting. McConnell has to bring it to the floor for a vote if passed by the House.

McConnell (R-Ky.) told Trump that Congress might end up passing a resolution disapproving the emergency declaration, the people said — which would force the president to contemplate issuing his first veto ever, in the face of opposition from his own party.

"At least a half-dozen Republican senators are fiercely opposed to the idea of an emergency declaration"

That's 6. Yep, he has a hard fought battle ahead.

Quote from: Solar on February 02, 2019, 05:02:42 PM
"At least a half-dozen Republican senators are fiercely opposed to the idea of an emergency declaration"

That's 6. Yep, he has a hard fought battle ahead.

Only takes four for the resolution to pass.....then Trump will have to veto.

Quote from: Cadescove on February 02, 2019, 05:16:11 PM
Only takes four for the resolution to pass.....then Trump will have to veto.

And this is bad, why?