Fox’s Brit Hume Deflates Fox News Claims That Increased National Guard Presence Would Resolve Border Security Issues
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 13th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Fox News figures have repeatedly claimed a surge of National Guard troops to the U.S. – Mexico border would stem the tide of people seeking refugee status in the United States, but National Guardsmen cannot apprehend people at the border or turn them away.
On the July 13 Fox News Sunday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) said he is requesting troops on the border because “what you have to have is this clear presence on the border, where people understand that you no longer can just freely go and walk across the Rio Grande and stay in America from now on.” In response, guest host Brit Hume said to Perry, “I get that that’s the message governor. What I don’t quite understand is how it is with the law being the way it is, the presence of more troops or forces on the border who are not legally able to apprehend these immigrants, these border crossers, is going to change anything without the law being changed first.”
Perry returned to his demand for an increased National Guard presence, arguing that “you bring boots on the ground to send that message clearly, both visually and otherwise.”
