Homeland security officials have requested 20,000 personnel to help with their large-scale deportation operation, officials confirmed on May 16.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked for 20,000 National Guardsmen “to help carry out the President’s mandate from the American people to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens,” Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for DHS, told The Epoch Times in an email.
“The Department of Homeland Security will use every tool and resource available to get criminal illegal aliens including gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and other violent criminals out of our country. The safety of American citizens comes first,” she added.
A spokesperson for the Pentagon told The Epoch Times in an email that the military has received a request from DHS. The spokesperson declined to provide any additional information….