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Homeland Security Dept. Finds 'Minimal' Risk to Border Guards, Undercutting Trump Plan
Source: New York Times
Homeland Security Dept. Finds ‘Minimal’ Risk to Border Guards, Undercutting Trump Plan
By Ron Nixon, Helene Cooper and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Nov. 20, 2018
WASHINGTON — The probability that American border guards will face violence at the southwestern border is “minimal,” an internal Homeland Security Department document has concluded, undercutting a Trump administration proposal to protect the security officials from migrant attacks by pairing them with military troops.
The border intelligence analysis contrasts with statements by the department and the White House citing concerns about migrants overrunning official ports of entry and attacking border guards to enter the United States.
Dated Nov. 17, it was obtained by The New York Times as the Trump administration is considering teaming up military troops with customs officials and Border Patrol agents as they confront migrants.
“C.B.P. assesses the likelihood of violence directed against C.B.P. personnel along the border is minimal,” stated the document, which was produced by United States Customs and Border Protection, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
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By Ron Nixon, Helene Cooper and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Nov. 20, 2018
WASHINGTON — The probability that American border guards will face violence at the southwestern border is “minimal,” an internal Homeland Security Department document has concluded, undercutting a Trump administration proposal to protect the security officials from migrant attacks by pairing them with military troops.
The border intelligence analysis contrasts with statements by the department and the White House citing concerns about migrants overrunning official ports of entry and attacking border guards to enter the United States.
Dated Nov. 17, it was obtained by The New York Times as the Trump administration is considering teaming up military troops with customs officials and Border Patrol agents as they confront migrants.
“C.B.P. assesses the likelihood of violence directed against C.B.P. personnel along the border is minimal,” stated the document, which was produced by United States Customs and Border Protection, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/politics/military-border-patrol-migrants.html
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