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| DHS chief requests volunteers to help at southern border amid 'overwhelming' migrant surge |
| 2021-03-09 |
| [FoxNews] Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday asked DHS staff to volunteer to help deal with what he conceded was an "overwhelming" number of migrants at the border, as the administration scrambles to deal with the escalating crisis. "Today, I activated the Volunteer Force to support Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as they face a surge in migration along the Southwest Border," Mayorkas said in an email to staff, seen by Fox News. Volunteers will be used in a non-law enforcement capacity, with duties including managing property, preparing meals, doing supply runs, prescription medicine runs, housekeeping, and assisting in control rooms. Mayorkas noted that the force had been used in 2019 during the border crisis in the spring and summer. "In 2019, over 900 volunteers deployed to support their CBP colleagues during a similar migration surge," Mayorkas said. "Please consider joining the Volunteer Force to again provide needed humanitarian support along the Southwest Border and relief for our CBP colleagues." Related: Alejandro Mayorkas: 2021-02-16 These Are the Three American Cities the Biden Admin Is Planning to Start Releasing Migrant In Alejandro Mayorkas: 2020-11-28 Fresh from the Deep State playbook - Here comes President Joebama Alejandro Mayorkas: 2017-01-11 Federal Judge Orders DHS to Produce ‘Preservation Requests’ for Email Records |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 The easiest thing to do is act is for Texas to act like fishermen: If you're over the limit, throw them back. |
| Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 2021-03-09 22:11 |
| #7 remote operated turrets This. Love it. Plausible deniability. Make it so |
| Posted by: Lonzo Fluth9503 2021-03-09 20:42 |
| #6 Don't trust government and their back-looking Rules of Engagement - you will be the ones in prison if you 'help.' (Shoot, shovel, and shut-up, if you insist on 'helping.') |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-03-09 19:56 |
| #5 "Get off that sentry gun and out of the bathroom! Other people gotta go!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-03-09 18:08 |
| #4 Set up remote operated turrets along the border, set it up so volunteers can remotely man the turrets and repel invaders, problem solved. Every turret should have dual M2HB's, an M134, and a Mk19. I doubt attempts to cross the border would last more than 1 week. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-03-09 16:52 |
| #3 volunteer my ass. If you can send a trillion dollas overseas , you can pay my ass . |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-03-09 16:31 |
| #2 Joe invited them to break the Law. Joe should be Impeached for facilitating their crimes. "Illegal/Biden Collusion" |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-03-09 14:51 |
| #1 What do they want? Foot washers? Drag story time readers? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-09 11:12 |