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Originally Posted by Rochard
Here's what I don't fucking understand.... Why doesn't the military patrol our fucking borders?
We have millions of men and women under arms, and society has crept up to our military bases. Start moving them out to the land between the US and Mexico and establish military bases there. Gives them lots of room for "live fire training".
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They do to some extent, the National Guard currently has troops in various locales along the border...mostly remote areas. They conduct surveillance missions mostly, acting as additional eyes for the Border Patrol who they then call in to make the actual apprehension of the illegals.
The reason you don't have regular Army, Marines, etc. is that they cannot be used for civilian law enforcement due to the Posse Comitatus Act.
Better explained here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1073222AAzQsmX