The True Border Mission

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OPINION — President Trump’s pre-election-day deployment of U.S. Army units on the southwest border may turn out to be more of a dangerous, long-term precedent than a short-term, political stunt.

Forget about the Posse Comitatus Act, which in the past, has been thought to protect civilians from the government’s use of the military to enforce federal, state and local laws.

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