Originally Posted by Chertoff
Well, the National Guard is really, first of all, not trained for that mission,” . “I mean, the fact of the matter is the border is a special place. There are special challenges that are faced there.”
“I think it would be a horribly over-expensive and very difficult way to manage this problem,” “Unless you would be prepared to leave those people in the National Guard day and night for month after month after month, you would eventually have to come to grips with the challenge in a more comprehensive way"