Thousands of Troops Guard Quiet Border Towns

“Border Patrol agents sit in empty parks. Active-duty soldiers drive through fields along the base of a towering black border wall. Military helicopters roam the skies,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“This is the scene lately along the U.S.-Mexico border, where President Trump quickly declared a national emergency upon taking office, rushing thousands of active-duty soldiers here. They arrived to join thousands of Texas National Guard members and state troopers deployed under a state disaster order, plus the thousands of agents permanently working for Border Patrol and other agencies.”

“What are they all doing? ‘A whole lot of nothing,’ one South Texas National Guard soldier said.”