Border Patrol union chief calls Trump troop deployment 'a colossal waste'

[Bourbon]

President Donald Trump's decision to deploy members of the National Guard to the southern U.S. border with Mexico is "a colossal waste of resources," according to the leader of a union representing members of the U.S. Border Patrol.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, who represents roughly 15,000 agents, panned the measure that the president implemented last month to beef up border security and curb illegal immigration, regarding it as fruitless, according to a Los Angeles Times report released late Thursday. "We have seen no benefit," Judd said.

"When I found out the National Guard was going to be on the border, I was extremely excited," the union chief said, pointing to the impact that past troop deployments have had in easing functions for the Border Patrol. But he added that this time around, "that has not happened at all."

The criticism marks a departure for a group that during the 2016 elections endorsed Trump's presidential run and hailed his push to tighten border security. It was the first time the union had endorsed a presidential candidate.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...e-trump-608624

[CFM]

Brandon Judd is obviously a Liberal.

[floridafan]

Brandon Judd is obviously a Liberal.

Actually you are obviously an idiot. You know NOTHINg about what is happening.

[cancel2 2022]

President Donald Trump's decision to deploy members of the National Guard to the southern U.S. border with Mexico is "a colossal waste of resources," according to the leader of a union representing members of the U.S. Border Patrol.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, who represents roughly 15,000 agents, panned the measure that the president implemented last month to beef up border security and curb illegal immigration, regarding it as fruitless, according to a Los Angeles Times report released late Thursday. "We have seen no benefit," Judd said.

"When I found out the National Guard was going to be on the border, I was extremely excited," the union chief said, pointing to the impact that past troop deployments have had in easing functions for the Border Patrol. But he added that this time around, "that has not happened at all."

The criticism marks a departure for a group that during the 2016 elections endorsed Trump's presidential run and hailed his push to tighten border security. It was the first time the union had endorsed a presidential candidate.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...e-trump-608624

Of course it was a different story when Obama did it, amirite?

[floridafan]

Of course it was,a different story when Obama did it, amirite?

It may have been, after all he know exactly what he is talking about and you don't.

[cancel2 2022]

It may have been, after all he know exactly what he is talking about and you don't.

Who rattled your cage, where the cookies?

[Nordberg]

Image. it looks like he cares and is doing something. Trump knows visuals and how to move his low information followers. He is wasting money. So what, His followers will think he secured the border.

[Crazy Cat Lady]

Money spent by Republicans on military is never wasted, only money spent on poor people.

[Rat Robbersson]

Of course it was a different story when Obama did it, amirite?

no.

[ptif219]

President Donald Trump's decision to deploy members of the National Guard to the southern U.S. border with Mexico is "a colossal waste of resources," according to the leader of a union representing members of the U.S. Border Patrol.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, who represents roughly 15,000 agents, panned the measure that the president implemented last month to beef up border security and curb illegal immigration, regarding it as fruitless, according to a Los Angeles Times report released late Thursday. "We have seen no benefit," Judd said.

"When I found out the National Guard was going to be on the border, I was extremely excited," the union chief said, pointing to the impact that past troop deployments have had in easing functions for the Border Patrol. But he added that this time around, "that has not happened at all."

The criticism marks a departure for a group that during the 2016 elections endorsed Trump's presidential run and hailed his push to tighten border security. It was the first time the union had endorsed a presidential candidate.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...e-trump-608624

Did he say that when Obama and Bush did it?

http://thehill.com/opinion/immigrati...ows-bush-obama

[ptif219]

Image. it looks like he cares and is doing something. Trump knows visuals and how to move his low information followers. He is wasting money. So what, His followers will think he secured the border.

Did you say that when Obama did it or are you just a partisan hate Trump hypocrite?

[kudzu]

President Donald Trump's decision to deploy members of the National Guard to the southern U.S. border with Mexico is "a colossal waste of resources," according to the leader of a union representing members of the U.S. Border Patrol.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, who represents roughly 15,000 agents, panned the measure that the president implemented last month to beef up border security and curb illegal immigration, regarding it as fruitless, according to a Los Angeles Times report released late Thursday. "We have seen no benefit," Judd said.

"When I found out the National Guard was going to be on the border, I was extremely excited," the union chief said, pointing to the impact that past troop deployments have had in easing functions for the Border Patrol. But he added that this time around, "that has not happened at all."

The criticism marks a departure for a group that during the 2016 elections endorsed Trump's presidential run and hailed his push to tighten border security. It was the first time the union had endorsed a presidential candidate.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...e-trump-608624

Trump just wants big, dramatic headlines for himself.. He isn't interested in the facts. Our president is an insecure adolescent.

[kudzu]

Did he say that when Obama and Bush did it?

http://thehill.com/opinion/immigrati...ows-bush-obama

We now have 21,000 Border Patrol agents..

[dukkha]

fr link:

The action mirrored that of his immediate predecessors, with President George W. Bush having deployed roughly 6,000 members of the National Guard from 2006 to 2008 and President Barack Obama sending about 1,200 National Guard members to the border in 2010.

For his push, Trump garnered commitments from governors to deploy 1,600 National Guards troops to states bordering Mexico, though the president initially sought 2,000 to 4,000 to be deployed.

A Border Patrol spokeswoman told the Times that the troops deployed have assisted with 3,924 deportations, 1,116 "turn backs" of migrants into Mexico and the seizure of 3,486 pounds of marijuana.

what is the union guy bitchin about? "just bitchin"

[kudzu]

History of US Border Patrol

https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/...orders/history

"They wanted more agents on the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents –- more than twice as many as there were in 2004, a buildup that began under President Bush and that we have continued."May 10, 2011
Obama says border patrol has doubled the number of agents since ...

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...number-agents/