White House officials deny AP report about National Guard, immigrants
BREAKING: Trump administration considers mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants.
The draft memo says participating troops would be authorized "to perform the functions of an immigration officer.' http://apne.ws/2kR3Ric
The AP story on "100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants" is based on a *draft memo* -- not a firm planpic.twitter.com/Pi2ld5rIkq
White House spokesman @MCShort45 denies @AP report Trump weighing using national guard for immigration roundups https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-17/trump-weighs-mobilizing-nat-guard-for-immigration-roundups …
Not true. 100% falsehttps://twitter.com/tamarakeithnpr/status/832611654215012353 …
On Air Force One, @PressSec knocks down report that National Guard might be used to round up illegal immigrants. Says "100% not true."
AP says they requested comment from both WH and DHS on their story, why did they wait to deny after it drops? https://apnews.com/5508111d59554a33be8001bdac4ef830?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP …
Not answering the AP but then responding to the AP report by saying it's wrong seems like a good way to perpetuate a fake news narrative.
In statement from @NationalGuard, spokesperson says it "received no official notification to execute any activations at this time."
Here is the full 11-page draft memo about using the National Guard for deportations http://bit.ly/2lVL6eo pic.twitter.com/jP6hF5fDia
Let us not mince words about what this would be: a deportation force designed to break up families and deport millions of people.https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/832608990441984001 …
Just imagine the fear this is creating in the Latino communityhttps://twitter.com/ap/status/832608704855937024 …
If Tr*mp unleashes the National Guard on undocumented immigrants, it'll be this times a million. Immense blowbackpic.twitter.com/6agyzrjvkx
Possibly a good time to study up on the laws about federalizing the National Guard.