White House OKs Rules Giving Troops Along Mexico Border New Authority to Use Lethal Force - the Drive
The White House has reportedly issued a memo that would empower U.S. military personnel along the border with Mexico, along with National Guardsmen operating there under federal authority, to directly engage in law enforcement activities and use lethal force if necessary. The decision to employ the military domestically in this way could violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which imposes major restrictions on such activities, but may still be legal through exemptions and other legislation.
And yet we have Posse Comitatus to include as to why this is such a terrible idea.
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