Donald Trump has opted to go nuclear on the migrant crisis by allowing the military to take control of the buffer zone near the Southern border with Mexico.
Trump’s shocking and ambitious plans would transform the mega 60-foot-deep buffer zone into a military installation at the border and enable US troops to temporarily hold migrants who plan on crossing into America.
A leading defense official shared with the Washington Post that migrants would be held until legally detained by civilian law enforcement.
The president has made fixing the migrant issue at the top of his second term agenda and now has seen great success during the start with illegal crossings hitting record highs under his predecessor Joe Biden.
Now, Trupm’s homeland security team is going to announce more major plans to take more control over the partition in another section under New Mexico.
If the actual plan is deemed to be a major success by the administration, officials feel the zone would stretch west towards California. This designation would enable the Pentagon to roll out resources from the massive $800B budget on the border crackdown.