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…
