Dept. of Unintended Consequences [Mark Krikorian]
I was told last night by a Hill staffer that since National Guard on the border are unarmed, the Border Patrol in some instances is having to guard the Guard! So there may well be fewer agents actually patrolling the border because of the Guard deployment — and it's at least worth an enterprising reporter trying to find out if that's actually the case.
This is one reason I've departed from my Republican counterparts over the immigration issue. Idiotic! Unintended consequences indeed.
Jeff Goldstein says it best: "Perfect! Now if we can just get the Minutemen to guard the Border Patrol who are busy guarding the National Guard troops, we will have come full circle."
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