Should We Put National Guard Troops On The U.S. Mexico Border

A U.S. Border Patrol agent scans the Rio Grande through a fence after seeing four people attempt to cross the US-Mexico border illegally. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Agencies Clash On Military's Border Role -- Washington Post

At Issue: Which One Directs Troops in Anti-Drug Mission

A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security over the military's role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both departments.

The debate has engaged a pair of powerful personalities, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in what their subordinates describe as a turf fight over which agency should direct the use of troops to assist in the fight against Mexican cartels and which one should pay for them.

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My Comment: This is all a political stunt. Everyone knows that if you do not enforce immigration law, you will be flooded with illegals. If you permit their children to go to school, have families receive medical care, and permit them to work illegally in this country .... again .... they will come.

In Canada .... we do not have sanctuary cities, we are not flooded with illegals, and we do not have a border problem like what the U.S. has. The reason is simple .... enforcement of immigration laws. You do not obey the law .... you will be kicked out.