Pentagon inspector general launches review to determine whether the US military deployment to the southern border is legal, according to Dept. of Defense memo obtained by NBCNews.
"We intend to conduct this important evaluation as expeditiously as possible," Fine said in a statement.Troop levels at the border, including both active-duty military and the National Guard, have at times surpassed 5,000 since President Donald Trump began deploying them there in the fall of 2018. The current tally is 6,500, a number that will drop once a troop transition is complete, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and 29 other members of the Congress wrote to Fine in September expressing concerns over the legality of sending thousands of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. “We refuse to allow our servicemembers in uniform to become pawns in the President's unnecessary and dangerous anti-immigrant political agenda," the letter says."Congress and the American people deserve to know why our military forces are being politicized and whether the U.S. military is violating federal law under the President’s orders.
The Pentagon inspector general team conducting the review will include investigators, auditors, and attorneys.Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.Julia Ainsley is a correspondent covering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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