Does the US Constitution, allow the use of the US military on the borders?

Question

What say you?

By Borders, I mean the Canadian and/or Mexican border.

Answer 1

To answer your question;

Yes it does, the US military was dispatched to the border to hunt down Pancho Villa in 1916.

Answer 2

Yes, but their recent use along the Texas border has been met with gunshot from Mexico.

I don't think they want them there and if you apply the same reasoning that libs apply to the Iraqi War, they need to back off and stop agitating our neighbors to the south!!!!

OMGosh, it is no wonder the Mexicans have begun to hate us!

Edit: I believe there were a few Army units mixed in with the Border Patrol and National Guard recently when these incidents happened - might be wrong. Either way, they need to back off!!! They're just upsetting the situation....

Right?

Answer 3

There are fivep parts of the U.S. Military for five specific reasons. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and National Guard. Everyone always forgets about the National Guard (but who can blame them..)
If you mean to combat Mexico or Canada in war, then the Army would be sent in. Currently with the "illegal alien crisis" there have been more National Guardsmen deployed to "protect the borders"

Answer 4

If one looks at illegals who deliberately cross our borders as more than mere law-breakers or scamps, and sees the inherent danger in this activity, it is clearly in the military's domain to guard our borders against potential threats to our country -- an invading force.

No; although I want all illegals OUT, I don't classify them as an invading force, but if our borders are so porous, it's easy to see that terrorists (agents of an invading army) would/could/did slip invade.

Answer 5

Yes. I believe they have been stationed there before.

Section 8
1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

13: To provide and maintain a Navy;

14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

Answer 6

Only if in defense of the nation.Thats why National guardsman were used to support the border guards and not the actual outright military.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

No, that's a job for the National Guard but then they are a part of the military so in reality that would be a yes.

Answer 9

The U.S defends us against all enemies foreign and domestic.

Answer 10

What the? the US military can go whereever they want as long as it is inside the US so i don't see any problem.