Papers by Oleksii Mazurin
Pìvdennij arhìv. Ìstoričnì nauki (Print), Dec 21, 2023
Aktualʹnì pitannâ gumanìtarnih nauk, Dec 31, 2022
Contemporary era
The article reveals the specifics of the involvement of the US National Guard and the US AF perfo... more The article reveals the specifics of the involvement of the US National Guard and the US AF performing the tasks of the US southern border security during the presidency of Donald Trump. The author analyzes the reasons for the involvement of military units, the scope of their tasks, and describes the specific tasks performed by military personnel in cooperation with the US Customs and Border Protection. Changes in the nature of the use of army units during the operations «Guardian Support» and «Faithfull Patriot» in 2018 and after the declaration of a state of emergency on the border with Mexico in 2019 are revealed. The main problems encountered by the U.S. Department of Defense in its operations at the border, in the context of fierce domestic political opposition to Donald Trump’s immigration policy, were separately examined. It is argued that the involvement of the US AF in solving migration problems on the U.S. southern border had both potential benefits and risks. On the one h...
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Papers by Oleksii Mazurin