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user-inactivated · 2840 days ago · link · · parent · post: White House considered mobilizing 100,000 national guard troops for ICE crackdown
Like the war with Iran, I don't see this happening either, but for other reasons. One, I'm pretty certain state governors are the only ones who can deploy the National Guard. Two, I'm also pretty certain that while they've been used for peacekeeping in the past, I'm pretty certain the National Guard doesn't have very in depth law enforcement training. Third, the backlash from the travel ban would probably be tame as hell compared to the backlash that this would probably see. If I'm wrong on any one of these assumptions, please point it out to me, so I can adjust how I feel about this. I dunno. A small part of me is worried about something like this happening, but this really seems far away from realistic. I just can't really imagine it.