Exclusive: the Pentagon opposed US border troops UU They build detention facilities - officials

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Exclusive: the Pentagon opposed US border troops UU They build detention facilities - officials







WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump government discussed the use of the US military. UU To build facilities to house detained migrants as part of their new mission on the border with Mexico, but the idea was abandoned after the Pentagon expressed doubts about it, US officials said. UU 











Soldiers of the United States Army of Ft. Riley, Kansas, placed a barbed wire fence for a camp to be used by the military near the US border. UU In Mexico in Donna, Texas, EE. UU., November 4, 2018. REUTERS / Delcia Lopez





The disclosure by US officials, who spoke with Reuters on condition of anonymity, illustrates the tension within the administration over the use of military resources to strengthen the border against illegal immigration, a theme of the main elections for the base. of President Donald Trump.  

Last week, the army announced that more than 7,000 soldiers would go to the border with Mexico while a caravan of Central American migrants goes slowly to the United States.     

The US military rejected a draft request from the Department of Homeland Security last month to build housing for migrants detained during the initial discussions in the Trump administration about the army's role at the border, officials said. 

By expressing opposition, the Pentagon helped ensure that its mission was designed only to provide support to US government personnel. UU On the border, US officials said. UU     

After initial discussions on the issue, it was not mentioned that troops built housing for migrants when DHS later made a formal request to the Pentagon for help at the border, officials said. 

Then, Trump said last week that he plans to build tents to house the migrants, who would be held in those facilities while the United States government weighs his asylum application.  

"We're going to have tents, they're going to be very kind." They'll wait and if they do not get asylum, they'll leave, "Trump told Fox News. 

General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, the head of the United States Northern Command, which oversees the deployment, told reporters last week that there were no plans at this time for the US military to build housing for migrants. . 

"The requests we have from the Department of Homeland Security and CBP (Customs and Border Protection) are to build (facilities) to support the CBP staff and our military personnel," he said. 

As of Monday, US officials told Reuters that about 4,800 soldiers participating in the "Operation Patriot Faithful" mission are close to the border. It was not clear how many had assumed missions at the border, which would include support tasks such as the construction of housing for Customs and Border Protection personnel and the construction of barriers. 

A US official warned that a previous Trump administration request dating back to spring for US National Guard troops to build facilities for migrants at US bases was still being deliberate . But, the official said, he was not expected to be part of Faithful Patriot and the timing of that future mission was unclear.         

Trump's push to send the army to the border comes before parliamentary elections on Tuesday, and has provoked sharp reactions, and critics consider it a political trick that misuses US military resources. UU  

However, Trump's effort has been accepted by the Republicans who participate in the elections, in which illegal immigration is an important issue. The government says it needs to toughen border security as the Central American caravan heads north. 





Phil Stewart report; Additional report by Idrees Ali; Edited by Mary Milliken and Alistair Bell





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