Oath Keepers: POTUS should deploy military along border to ‘STOP the invasion’

POTUS Donald Trump gave a televised address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday evening to discuss the worsening â€œhumanitarian crisisâ€ along our southwestern border caused by a crush of migrants from Central America and Mexico.

During his speech, the president also criticized congressional Democrats for refusing to acknowledge the existence of a crisis, and for refusing to fund his spending request for a paltry $5 plus billion for the construction of physical barriers which he and Border Patrol officials acknowledge are vital to not only help diffuse the crisis, but to protect the country from illicit drug smuggling and potential terrorist infiltration,Â The National SentinelÂ reported.

â€œDemocrats in Congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis. And they have refused to provide our brave border agents with the tools they desperately need to protect our families and our nation,â€ POTUS said, adding that â€œthe federal government remains shut down for one reason, and one reason only: Because Democrats will not fund border security.â€

But in appealing to Democratic leaders, the president may as well have been talking to a wall. After his short speech, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rebuffed the president during their nationally televised rebuttal.

Should the president continue to try to deal with Democrats? Or should he act unilaterally to protect the country? The Patriot group Oath Keepers believes POTUS should choose the latter option.

â€œPlease contact the White House immediately by phone, email, or both, and urge President Trump to declare a national emergency and deploy the full weight of the U.S. military to secure the entire 2,000 mile border with Mexico, with military boots on the ground,â€ the group saidÂ in a statement on its website.

Also, Oath Keepers is urging the commander-in-chief to order the â€œU.S. military (the Army Corps of Engineers and military combat engineer units) to build the necessary layered system of wall/steel fencing, patrol roads, and surveillance systems â€“ all backed up by ongoing military, National Guard, and militia â€¦ that are needed to finally and fully secure the entire 2,000 mile border with Mexico.â€

The statement made several observations about conditions along the border that warrants a military response:

â€” In addition to a humanitarian crisis, there is a â€œmilitary invasion by international terrorists, an insurrection against the laws of the union,â€ and â€œMexican drug cartelsâ€ waging â€œunconventional warfareâ€ in order to smuggle illicit drugs into the country.



