Plans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry

 The Pentagon is rushing to provide the new administration with options that could vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California.

U.S. officials are preparing to send thousands of additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, including, potentially, soldiers equipped with 20-ton Stryker combat vehicles, according to four U.S. officials familiar with the planning.

The Pentagon is rushing to cobble together options for an operation that President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency. These additional service members and capabilities, if all approved, would vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas to California, where roughly 2,500 troops are positioned to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the detection and apprehension of migrants seeking to enter the United States illegally.

Any veteran of the Army and Marines will tell they are not trained to enforce laws or to capture those accused of breaking laws. They are trained for war. This deployment will end up getting people killed.