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Consider using active-duty military for arrests at the border

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 17, p. 555. Written by Gene Hamilton.

Consider using active-duty military for arrests at the border

The document says “should considerWho acts: President, DOJ, DODHow: internal managementp. 555 in the PDF
What the document says

“This could include use of active-duty military personnel and National Guardsmen to assist in arrest operations along the border”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 555

The chapter raises this as part of what it calls a creative and aggressive approach to cartels at the border, and notes that it has not yet been done. It says a forceful approach to interdiction would affect the operations of these organizations and lay the groundwork for prosecutions of their leaders.

What the document actually says

“This could include use of active-duty military personnel and National Guardsmen to assist in arrest operations along the border”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 555
That sentence, in plain words

That could mean using soldiers to help make arrests at the border.

What this is about

Soldiers do not normally arrest people inside the country. The book says they could help at the border. It notes this has not been done before.

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