In a letter to the D.C. mayor, the Pentagon's executive secretary reiterated a host of reasons why National Guard troops could not de deployed.
In a letter to Bowser , Pentagon Executive Secretary Kelly Bulliner Holly outlined a host of reasons National Guard troops can’t be deployed, including the fact that its members
are not trained to provide the type of services that would be required to help the migrants, including feeding, sanitation and management of a central processing facility.Union Station on buses since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began offering the free rides in April to highlight what he had called lax border enforcement policies by the Biden administration. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey followed suit in May.
We are going to move forward with our planning to ensure that when people are coming through DC on their way to their final destination that we have a humane setting for them.In July, Bowser asked for 150 National Guard troops to be deployed to help receive the buses and for a temporary processing center to be created at the D.C. Armory, the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling military installation or the Fort Lesley J. McNair post — all of which are short drives from Union Station.
In her letter, Bulliner Holly said the Pentagon was also denying the request to use one of those facilities, but only cited problems at the Armory in its reasoning. That facility, Bulliner Holly said, has no air conditioning and would have to undergo a host of repairs to deal with other problems before it could be suitable for overnight stays — an expensive and timely undertaking, the letter said.
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