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PO2 Robert M.
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LTC (Join to see) this will become an interesting development, since POTUS claims he will declare an emergency situation.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG Stan Hutchison
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While there is no emergency.
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SPC Erich Guenther
SPC Erich Guenther
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The declaration of Emergency will stick. The redirection of funds will be struck down by the Supreme Court. One big reason is he chose not to redirect funds within the same area of the budget. Instead he is pulling funds from the area of trade and moving them over to border security. Nobody on the Supreme Court is going to support that kind of move and I am not sure why POTUS choose it instead of a more subtle move of funds.
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SPC Kevin Ford
SPC Kevin Ford
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SPC Erich Guenther - I believe you are right on what will happen here. He was given an amount of money by Congress that they were willing to levy taxes for to deal with this situation. He doesn't like that number and is taking money Congress levied for other purposes to do this. It is unlikely to survive SCOTUS review. The interesting bit may be who they decide has standing to pursue the case. The SCOTUS doesn't like taking up battles between branches, it may have to come from someone who's land is being taken by eminent domain or would be a beneficiary of the redirected money.

I think he is taking money from where he is so he can claim Mexico is somehow paying for it.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Remember the Alamo.......Remember the Border Wall????
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Yes, they lost the battle but they won the war. I'm referring to the Texans not to Nancy Pelosi LOL
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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MSG Joseph Cristofaro We can all interpret this as we wish, I interpret it as replacing sections that existed before Trumps wall and/or fixing issues that his wall created.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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MSG Joseph Cristofaro Look, a wall was a dumb idea from the get go. Sensors and technology could have done the same thing back in 2017 but Trump had to have HIS wall. Now we're paying for that mistake and will for decades. You were in the military long enough to understand that we will make do with what we've got for as long as possible. If this whole thing hadn't become political DHS would have done what was necessary to protect the border, secure is never going to happen.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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MSG Joseph Cristofaro I'm also familiar with the 15 in 5 concept backed up by 30 in 20. Those didn't require any additional personnel above normal manning.
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SPC David S.
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Easy way around all this is to declare a war with Mexican cartels - much like war on terror - thus the need to crack down on the border. If Mexico - corrupt politicians disagree - they become combatant(s). If we can fight an ideology half way around the world - a war on the border seems plausible.

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2017-07-17/the-us-should-go-to-war-with-mexico-over-opioids

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/mexican-presidents-implicated-bribery-scandals-during-el-chapos-trial
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