Question:
Didn't George W Bush Deploy Troops along the Mexico/California Border?
2018-04-04 15:18:14 UTC
How did that work out. Why are they gone
Twelve answers:
oldprof
2018-04-04 15:28:07 UTC
Yes. Check these out (CNN):



2006: In a national address, President George W. Bush announces plans to deploy 6,000 troops

Name: Operation Jump Start

When it happened: June 2006-July 2008

Cost: $1.2 billion

Who was deployed: 6,000 National Guard troops deployed to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Assists with undocumented immigrant apprehensions: 186,814 (11.7% of the total apprehensions on the Southwest land border in that period)

Assists with drug seizures: 316,364 pounds of marijuana (9.4% of all marijuana seized on the Southwest border in that period)



2010: President Obama orders the deployment of up to 1,200 troops to the US-Mexico border

Name: Operation Phalanx

When it happened: Initially from July 2010-June 30, 2011, then extended

Cost: $110 million for the first year

Who was deployed: Initially 1,200 National Guard troops. In 2012, the number of troops was scaled back as the focus shifted from boots on the ground to aerial surveillance.

Assists with undocumented immigrant apprehensions: 17,887 in the first 11 months (5.9% of the total apprehensions on the Southwest land border in that period)

Assists with drug seizures: 56,342 pounds of marijuana in the first 11 months (2.6% of all marijuana seized on the Southwest border in that period)
?
2018-04-04 16:50:49 UTC
No, he authorized a contract to a company who had cameras on the border except they didnt work. On purpose I think since Bush was friends with Vicente Fox. It was Obama who put the National Guard on the border. I have forgotten the situation.
ndmagicman
2018-04-04 16:36:16 UTC
Bush Jr sent National Guard troops to aid the Border Patrol to repair border fences.

And Obama sent National Guard troops to assist the Border Patrol with a short term drug cartel issue.

Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibits the deployment of regular military to enforce domestic laws.

Therefore Trump can not send regular US military forces to guard the southern border.
marsel_duchamp
2018-04-04 15:34:36 UTC
It was a waste of money then and will be a waste of money again. Especially considering the number of border crossings has dropped and show no signs of increasing.
?
2018-04-04 15:26:00 UTC
Both Bush and Obama deployed the National Guard to the border. Bush, to get a lot of infrastructure work done, Obama to try to get the Republicans on board with passing sane regulations on immigration. On the PBS NewsHour last night, they pointed out that it can take 6 months or longer to mobilize the National Guard in this way. It is unlikely Trump would send active-duty troops from the Army or Marines. And as pointed out by The Guardian, the usefulness of the $1.5 billion spent by those two Presidential actions is iffy, at best (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/03/trump-mexico-wall-military-guards-obama-bush-not-first-president) . So much for Republicans being the fiscally responsible ones and the ones who want minimal government interference. The only way to stop Trump from doing this is to keep reiterating that Obama did it too.
Gypsyfish
2018-04-04 15:22:52 UTC
Bush and Obama did, and it was considered a failure. https://qz.com/1244156/trump-military-border-putting-troops-on-the-us-mexico-border-could-repeat-a-costly-obama-failure/



"Operation Phalanx (Obama) cost $145 million for 14 months, while Operation Jump Start (Bush) cost $1.2 billion over two years. Both operations took resources from other Department of Defense projects, while failing to establish a transparent US-Mexico border security policy, the Government Accountability Office said in a critical 35-page report"
?
2018-04-04 15:22:22 UTC
Only when it is declared to be a national security issue can Federal troops be used to enforce civilian law.
?
2018-04-04 15:21:29 UTC
Bush deployed ~6,000 National Guard members to the border in 2006. Obama deployed ~1,200 in 2010.



Interestingly, there is no border crisis present that would necessitate troops on the border. Border crossings have declined significantly since the mid-2000s and the number of arrests at the southwest border have fallen dramatically in the past couple of years. Net migration from Mexico is negative, meaning more undocumented people are returning to Mexico than entering the United States.
Daddio
2018-04-04 15:20:54 UTC
We should bring some troops back from overseas and put them at the border
2018-04-04 15:19:02 UTC
Obama did as well you know.
Dr Yes level 9 since 1999
2018-04-05 05:24:56 UTC
When they start deploying troops to Mexico during spring break I'm signing up! I'll have to lie about my age though. Tell them I'm about 45 years younger! HA!

Many presidents have created fake scares to distract people. Maybe Trump should deploy troops along the US and North Korean border??
2018-04-04 15:18:32 UTC
So did Obama.


This content was originally posted on Y! Answers, a Q&A website that shut down in 2021.
Loading...