Published by the New Yorker on April 26, 2022.
National Guardsmen assigned to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) “Operation Lone Star” are seeking to exercise a new federal right to form a union.
The National Guard Soldiers Trying to Unionize
Tag: Military Deployments
National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private security as part of border mission
Published by the Texas Tribune on March 16, 2022.
A new investigation of Texas’s troubled National Guard border deployment finds that some Guardsmen have been ordered to station themselves outside some of the wealthiest private ranches in south Texas, where they have little to do.
The Federal Government’s Duty To Protect the States And The States’ Sovereign Power Of Self Defense When Invaded
Published by the Arizona Office of the Attorney General on February 7, 2022.
Arizona’s Republican attorney general requests a legal opinion on whether the state has been “invaded” by hostile non-state actors, which in his view would justify the state defending itself with its militia (the Arizona National Guard). (Link at azag.gov)
Greg Abbott’s Border Theater Is Having Disastrous Consequences for Everyone Involved
Published by The Intercept on February 2, 2022.
An overview of human rights issues, morale problems, and mission questions surrounding the Texas state government’s large National Guard deployment.
Deplorable conditions, unclear mission: Texas National Guard troops call Abbott’s rushed border operation a disaster
Published by Military Times and the Texas Tribune on February 1, 2022.
A thorough look at problems with Texas’s state National Guard deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border under what Gov. Greg Abbott (R) calls “Operation Lone Star.”
Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard’s Mexico border mission fell apart
Published by Army Times on December 8, 2021.
An investigation exposes serious mission, morale, discipline, and equipment problems in the federal government’s National Guard mission at the border.
Evaluation of the United States Military Support of Department of Homeland Security Southern Border Security Operations Under Title 10 Authority
Published by the Department of Defense Inspector-General on August 18, 2020.
A detailed look at the funding, management, and legal authority for the Trump administration’s deployments of military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Link at dodig.mil)
COVID-19 Reveals the Full Trump Immigration Agenda, and Puts Lives Directly at Risk
Published by Brújula Ciudadana on April 13, 2020.
An analysis by me, in English and Spanish, of how the Trump administration’s coronavirus measures have not only put its whole immigration agenda in place, but are also threatening to spread the virus.
The Trump Administration’s COVID-19 Response at the Border Puts Us All At Risk
Published by WOLA on April 6, 2020.
Some of what the Trump administration is implementing at the border risks worsening the COVID-19 pandemic at home and exporting it to other countries.
Disinformation and Spin: Trump Administration Deploys Troops to Border, Paints Asylum Seekers and Attorneys as Threat
Published by Human Rights First on March 10, 2020.
A memo about the Trump administration’s sending of an additional 160 military personnel to the border, in response to a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that threatened to halt the “Remain in Mexico” program.