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Brown Out ?

News Flash!

Governor Brown said, “No” to President Trump’s request to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border. (Brown out!) Here I am speaking of governor Kate Brown of Oregon. Now I have never heard of Kate Brown and as best as I can tell Oregon is not a border state, and I thought that this was a request to border states. The fact that she was not invited did not stop Kate Brown from submitting her RSVP! (Gee, I wonder if she is a liberal?)
Oregon is more than 1,000 miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border, but the state has seen an unprecedented number of drug cartels operating in the state over the past few years. In 2015, federal authorities busted a drug trafficking operation that took place in Oregon, Texas, and California, and many of the defendants, in that case, were illegal aliens. So in some circuitous way of thinking to Kate Brown, it is important not to stop illegals from crossing the border and from making their way to Oregon with their drugs!

Governor Kate Brown’s “No” was in response to President Trump’s signing a proclamation on 4/4/18 directing Defense Secretary James Mattis to “request use of National Guard personnel to assist” with the Department of Homeland Security Department’s existing efforts to secure the border.
For those of you not aware of the president’s authority in this situation, he is allowed to call on National Guard units under two different laws passed by Congress in 1956.
Under U.S. Code Title 10, Trump could “federalize” the Guard, ordering federally-funded National Guard troops under the Defense Secretary’s control to report for “active duty.” However, President Trump invoked invoked U.S. Code Title 32 in his proclamation, which directs state governors to order the Guard to report “for operational Homeland Defense.” Under Title 32, state governors can ignore or refuse the president’s order. While Brown has authority to deny Trump’s request under Title 32, the president can invoke his authority to send the National Guard to the Mexican border under other provisions. Of interest is the fact that each of the last two presidents (Bush and Obama) have both used the National Guard at the border.

The more interesting response will be that of the other governor Brown, Jerry Brown of California, which is actually a border state. (Brown in or out?) My prediction is that his initial response will be, “No!” (Brown out!) After all by what circuitous logic could the Governor of California agree to provide the National Guard to help secure the border that he wants unsecured? You can’t make this stuff up! State tuned!

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