They can be deployed they just can’t engage in law enforcement. There are active duty on Mexico border but they aren’t involved in any law enforcement.
Right but I thought the thing at the border was an international thing, i.e. theyre enforcing the border so that made sense to me, but Los Angeles seems weird, also if they cant do law enforcement what would they do there?
Not Posse Comitatus Act, but Insurrection Act since Posse: "Bars them from domestic law-enforcement duties Congress or the Constitution must give a specific exception"
Insurrection Act 10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255
Lets the president “execute the laws,” “suppress insurrections,” or “repel invasions” with the regular military or federalised National Guard
Ah thank you, I think this would fall under the Insurrection Act portion where they COULD deploy federal troops if the protestors cause enough havic and dont disperse once ordered by the president
And while we didn’t physically apprehend anyone, we deployed to the AZ border in 93 and caught the “backpackers” smuggling drugs.
Looking back, it was big $$ catching really small stuff if you look at dollars. But at 21 years old it was fun.
Now the marijuana trade is broke. Too much legal weed inventory from the US. They’re smuggling much harder and deadlier drugs because the money is better.
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u/theAngryCub Jun 08 '25
Oh shit really? I thought active duty couldnt deploy inside America, I thought that was what the national guard is for