Consider using active-duty military for arrests at the border
What the document says“This could include use of active-duty military personnel and National Guardsmen to assist in arrest operations along the border”
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”
That could mean using soldiers to help make arrests at the border.
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.
Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
2025-01-20 · 90 FR 8613
Executive Order 14167 of January 20, 2025 assigns United States Northern Command the mission to seal the borders and repel what it calls forms of invasion, including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, and human smuggling, and adds Level 3 and campaign planning requirements for that mission. Active-duty forces are put to border work, which is the first half of what the chapter raises. It breaks down on the specific step the chapter says has not yet been tried: the order says nothing about arrest operations, does not mention the National Guard, and does not address the Posse Comitatus limits that stand between a military presence and military arrests.
The order gives the military command for North America the job of sealing the border. It must also turn back mass entry. Troops are put to border work, which is half of what the book raised. But the order says nothing about arrests. It never names the Guard or the law that bars troops from police work.