Tweet - "The Trump administration's rationale for deploying active duty troops was to evoke fear & doesn't serve a national security purpose. Continuing to rely on active duty troops militarizes the border & normalizes their deployment domestically--a dangerous precedent for any democracy."

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"The Trump administration's rationale for deploying active duty troops was to evoke fear & doesn't serve a national security purpose. Continuing to rely on active duty troops militarizes the border & normalizes their deployment domestically--a dangerous precedent for any democracy.

The administration has presented no evidence to suggest asylum seekers pose a national security threat; there has been no justification for why the deployment was extended and the rules of use of force expanded, or why active duty troops were sent at all."

@pattymurray

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