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Re: Pentagon sending military lawyers to border to help prosecute immigration cases [View all]
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/pentagon-sending-military-lawyers-border-help-prosecute-immigration-cases-n885216why this doesn't fall under Posse Comitatus?
The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
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