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Putting the National Guard on the border is not just a snap your fingers and they appear

by on Oct. 10, 2010, under Border Issues, Uncategorized

Written by Hugh Holub

Photographed/Filmed by Karl W Hoffman

Exclusive Video From Skull Creek Media

National Guard observation point, Nogales Arizona

Recently US Customs and Border Protection held a media event showcasing the deployment of the National Guard at the US-Mexico border. The National Guard deployment at the Arizona-Mexico border was completed October 1st.

Karl W Hoffman with Skull Creek Media  covered the event.

The mission of the National Guard deployment, called Operation Copper Cactus, is to detect and deter suspected illegal entry between ports of entry along the international border. The Guard is functioning in a support capacity with the Border Patrol.

US Border Patrol officials made it clear that immigration law enforcement activities remain the responsibility of the Border Patrol

The National Guard does not have a law enforcement role in the apprehension or custodial care of undocumented aliens.

550 Arizona National Guard were authorized to the border mission, of which 532 are being deployed at the border, and 28 have been assigned to intelligence analysis.

At  one of the National Guard observation posts just west of Nogales, National Guard  Col. Jill Nelson,  Commander of Operation Copper Cactus, went into detail about staging thedeployment of the National Guard at the border.

Photograph by Karl W Hoffman

Here is an exclusive video of Col. Nelson’s description of what it takes to deploy National Guard to border duty:

CREDIT: Southwest Independent Media
CAPTION: National Guard on the border of Southern Arizona

One does not just snap their fingers and make hundreds of National Guard soldiers appear at the border.

Southwest Independent Media is composed of   Karl W Hoffman, multimedia director, who provides media outlets with  freelance border issues coverage and media tours of the border region.
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  • dollarshort

    When I command an ARNG  medical company we could be on site and operational almost with a snap of your fingers — too bad that politicians are slowing down our high speed military.

    • http://www.livingontheborder.com Karl W Hoffman

      Well I guess times change, we now have computers and  more lawyers.  LOL

  • fraser007

    We didnt have a problem putting them into Kuwait in 91 for the invasion or into Iraq. Its the will thats needed.

    • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

      the will to drop bombs and kill indiscriminately?
       
      Now look at Iraq… how do you fix it? A broken Mexico will only lead to more migrants, and there ain’t NO border that will stop them… just as capital flows freely thanks to “free trade” so will humans

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