The Role of the US Military at the Southern Border

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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President Donald Trump is surging resources to America’s southern border, including military personnel, and has every right to do so, according to Robert Greenway. “It is not unprecedented for the military to be called in [to the border] when the capacity of our law enforcement agencies is exceeded, and that’s almost certainly the case now,” said Greenway, director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation. In a new Heritage report titled, “How the President Can Use the U.S. Military to Confront the Catastrophic Threat at the Border with Mexico,” Greenway, who is also a former member of the National Security Council, Greenway breaks down the specific ways the military can step in to secure the border. The military can help in three general capacities at the border, Greenway explains. First, the military can help with transportation and housing of illegal aliens in the deportation process. Second, the military can provide assistance with the physical security of the border through increased personnel, surveillance, and assistance in the construction of the border wall. And finally, the military can work outside of the U.S. with other countries to help them police their own borders more effectively. “I think there’s a huge role for the military to play, and advise, equip, support, and assist our partners and allies south of the border,” he said. “The military is uniquely capable of doing that.” Greenway joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss past cases in which the U.S. deployed the military to the U.S. border, and why it is an effective strategy for stopping the flood of illegal immigration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.6	Robert Greenway currently serves as the Director of the Center for National Defense
1:17.1	at the Heritage Foundation and is also a former member of the National Security Council.
1:21.6	He joins me now.
1:22.6	Rob, welcome back to the show.
1:23.6	Thanks for being here.
1:24.6	Oh, thanks for having me.
1:25.6	It's always a pleasure.
1:26.6	Well, congratulations on this new very thorough report that you and your team have just released.
1:31.9	It's titled, How the President Can Use the U.S. military to confront the catastrophic threat at the border with Mexico.
1:40.1	So I want to kind of begin with the big picture and a little bit of history here, because you all lay this out really thoroughly in this report.
1:46.8	How common is it that the military has been used at the southern border, whether for security reasons or to carry out specific missions?
1:56.8	Has this been done before?
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