Four states that border on Mexico were included in the proposal — California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas — but it also encompasses seven states contiguous to those four — Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Friday the document was "not a White House document."
"There is no effort to do what is potentially suggested," he said. Spicer called the AP report "100 percent not true, adding that there was "no effort at all to utilize the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants."
Like the war with Iran, I don't see this happening either, but for other reasons. One, I'm pretty certain state governors are the only ones who can deploy the National Guard. Two, I'm also pretty certain that while they've been used for peacekeeping in the past, I'm pretty certain the National Guard doesn't have very in depth law enforcement training. Third, the backlash from the travel ban would probably be tame as hell compared to the backlash that this would probably see. If I'm wrong on any one of these assumptions, please point it out to me, so I can adjust how I feel about this.
I dunno. A small part of me is worried about something like this happening, but this really seems far away from realistic. I just can't really imagine it.