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Podcast: Trump Makes a Run for the Border

Political Theater, Episode 13

Two Border Patrol Agents on horseback ride along the U.S.-Mexican Border. "[The horses] can go places vehicles can't, they've been pretty darn effective" Agent Brian Kemmett said. President Donald Trump wants the National Guard to help the Border Patrol along the Southern border. (CQ Roll Call file photo)
Two Border Patrol Agents on horseback ride along the U.S.-Mexican Border. "[The horses] can go places vehicles can't, they've been pretty darn effective" Agent Brian Kemmett said. President Donald Trump wants the National Guard to help the Border Patrol along the Southern border. (CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Jason Dick and Megan Scully
Posted April 4, 2018 at 5:18pm

President Donald Trump’s desire to have the National Guard help patrol the Southern border is not all that different from actions taken by former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, but that does not mean there are not areas of concern about the action. 

On the latest Political Theater Podcast, Megan Scully, national security editor at CQ, breaks down the history of such border deployments and why the United States has laws preventing the military from engaging in domestic law enforcement.

 

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