White House: Report of National Guard Immigration Enforcement Plan 'Not True'

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PJ Media:

White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters aboard Air Force One today that an Associated Press report indicating the administration is considering using National Guard to round up illegal immigrants is "100 percent not true."

 

The AP reported today that an 11-page draft memo authored by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Jan. 25 weighs the possibility of using up to 100,000 Guard troops as immigration enforcement, not just along the border region but in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana as well.

 

Governors in those states as well as California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas would have the option to allow their Guard troops to participate, according to AP, which said the memo was addressed to then-acting heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Troops would be authorized "to perform the functions of an immigration officer in relation to the investigation, apprehension and detention of aliens in the United States."