it will be the same sort of rules of engagement. so what it is, it s a show of force, the ability to free up some of the border patrol agents from surveillance and other duties like that so they can be involved in the law enforcement aspect of this. the perception of this from the southern side, the u.s. is militarizing the border, it s an escalation of the tensions between the two countries and something that mexico is not fond of seeing, shep. shepard: jennifer griffin is our national security correspondent at the pentagon. this could happen tonight according into sarah sanders? that is what the heland security secretary just said. wh gotten the attention of republicans on the hill is the cost of sending the national guard down there. if you look in the past when president obama sent 1,200 troops for a year in 2010, it cost $125 million for one year.
millions and millions. t there is a cost of that, not just in terms of incarceration and law enforcement, but also with education, and medical care, it s estimated just for the state of arizona, your home state, which we are very proud of you, close to $2 billion every year. so this is an extreme cost, not just in terms of the social and$ the law enforcement aspect but in terms of actual dollars and cents. what s different here is that these are not just illegals being escorted by coyotes or guides, this is an actual, almost as brandon pointed out, sanctioned by the government of mexico, 1200 potentially marching towards the border. even though that may sound like a small number, how we deal with this sends a message to mexico, to central america, because if we accept them as refugees or asylum-seekers, we are going to see tens and tens of thousands replicating this.
records in their home countries. figures as high as 30% of these millions and millions. there is a cost of that, not just in terms of incarceration and law enforcement but also with education, and medical care, it s estimated just for the state of arizona, your home state, which we are very proud of you, close to $2 billion every year. so this is an extreme cost, not just in terms of the social and the law enforcement aspect but in terms of actual dollars and cents. what s different here is that these are not just illegals being escorted by coyotes or guides, this is an actual, almost as brandon pointed out, sanctioned by the government of mexico, 1200 potentially marching towards the border. even though that may sound like a small number, how we deal with this sent a message to mexico, to central america, because if we accept them as refugees or asylum-seekers, we are going to
to gitmo. if this was your city and you were the chief, in new york, you have a death penalty involved with federal charges there, does this enemy combatant issue factor into thinking or you want to try this guy where this happened so everyone gets to see him? it wouldn t factor into my particular thinking. i would want him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. there are certainly people that would make that determination beyond me. i would want to see to it that he was however way we tried him that it was done to the fullest extent of the law. this is a case where the death penalty would be appropriate. art, we re back in this conversation. here s what the senate judiciary has information. he came in in 2010. became a lawful resident. the chairman asking the department of homeland security and state department sending out wide net on any kind of watch list or come up for attention. take us into the law enforcement
professor at st. john s university. we re glad to have you here to look at the law enforcement aspect of this. breaking news overnight, isis claiming responsibility. not really a surprise, is it? when something like this happens, whether they have any knowledge of this or not, they re going to take responsibility. not surprising at all. again, it s that centralized intent that they put out there and then that decentralized execution. so, anybody who reads their material or hears a radicalized speech can go out there and execute. what i m struck with is if you look at this from a military perspective, as the united states strategy in the middle east changes, instead of pushing isis back or containing them, under the new secretary of defense, their tactics are to encircle and destroy isis, which is causing isis to have less territory to have to occupy. right. that is allowing more of these folks now become a part of the propaganda push and in helping radicalize these terror