Trump administration DENIES it’s considering mobilizing up to 100,000 National Guard troops to round up illegal aliens – but White House source says it ‘has been discussed’
Proposal reportedly making the rounds at the Department of Homeland Security would identify 11 immigrant-heavy states and ask them to mobilize troops
Governors would have an opt-out privilege, but the total number of National Guardsmen and women could approach 100,000
White House press secretary Sean Spicer says an 11-page draft seen by The Associated Press ‘is not a White House document’
Spicer insists the AP report that the plan is under consideration ‘is 100 per cent not true. It is false. It is irresponsible to be saying this’
A White House aide confirms to DailyMail.com that the idea ‘has been discussed’ but wouldn’t say if it has been recommended to President Donald Trump
The potential aim would be to hasten the removal of ‘criminal aliens’ like those Trump railed against on the campaign trail
An executive order he signed this month greatly expands that group and may include people whose only ‘crime’ was sneaking across the border
DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR
DAILYMAIL.COM
17 February 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer forcefully denied on Friday that the Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up illegal immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border.
‘That is 100 per cent not true. It is false. It is irresponsible to be saying this,’ Spicer told reporters aboard the Marine One helicopter.
‘There is no effort at all to round up, to utilize the National Guard to round up illegal immigrants.’
An 11-page document seen by The Associated Press calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.
Spicer insisted that ‘It is not a White House document’ but didn’t address whether it may have come from the Department of Homeland Security. He also conceded that ‘I don’t know what could potentially be out there’ but added that ‘I know that there is no effort to do what is potentially suggested.’
Trump’s spokesman did not say the idea hasn’t been considered. A White House aide confirmed to DailyMail.com Friday morning that the idea ‘has been discussed,’ but wouldn’t say whether a plan has been formalized or recommended to the president.
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