nothing is going to stop these people from coming unless you address the underlying issues, the push factors of why they are coming here in the first place. there are literally running from hunger and death. so states like where i am now, new mexico and texas have sent the national guard before but they don t actually have the authority to do any kind of domestic enforcement. so they are really just there in a supportive role. shannon: you re the one who has real-life experience with what s actually happening at our borders, what duties troops need? i think the troops are going to support the border patrol. the border patrol has a lot of assets tied up in logistics, moving food, moving medical supplies, moving personnel from one sector to the other. this is where our armed forces can take those jobs and that s going to release the men and women from the border patrol to stand on the front lines and defend this nation. i think it s a good idea of the military stomach. i think they r