Indiana is sending National Guard members to the southern border to help with a request from Texas, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) announced Friday. “I am sending 50 #Hoosier Guardsmen to the southe…

This article covers upcoming deployment.

I haven’t come across overall Indiana sentiment on this yet

There are many things I’m unhappy about in this matter:

  • Deployment of Indiana guard for something the federal government should be doing.
  • Putting Indiana citizen soldiers in a very difficult position: having to deal with immigration policies in actual practice, political shenanigans, dealing with humanitarian issues when the primary mission isn’t saving lives. We are good at war and helping save lives, anything else is asking for trouble.
  • Combining immigration policy with border protection. I don’t like that they aren’t separate. I feel like it’s all political games, but someone convince me that we can’t control borders without barring all immigration.
  • Crazy talk about federalizing a state’s national guard.
  • Crazy talk about States and federal government clashing to the point of escalation. I don’t think cool heads and reason win the day anymore. I feel like the populous seems willing to support more extreme measures these days
  • Separation of service members from their families

On one positive side, this will give 50 service members and their families a first hand view of a major topic instead of hearing it from the news.

  • @MSgtRedFoxOPEnglish
    1•4 months ago

    Dude, I was talking about your comment:

    The longer Biden takes to invoke title 10 and activate Texas NG under federal command

    Your comment implies putting significant or all of the Texas guard under title 10, to keep Texas from using them for border security? To keep Texas in line?

    I think what’s going on here is you don’t know about this stuff, but you don’t. Just spend a couple minutes googling it

    Do you? I question your reasoning for mentioning title 10, and for using the example of federally activating a state’s national guard as a deterrent for other state’s supporting Texas, if that’s what you meant?