Mattis, standing with Nielsen, is speaking to troops at the Texas-Mexico border right now pscp.tv/w/brxQ5TM3NTQ3…
Mattis tells troops at the border "the eyes of the world are on you" and that it's the mission is "certainly non-traditional...generally we do homeland security overseas" 
Speaking to troops deployed to Texas, Mattis is asked by a soldier whether they will have to take down all that concertina wire they've been putting up along the border since they arrived.
The livestream catches him saying "We'll let you know"
The livestream catches him saying "We'll let you know"
Another soldier asked Mattis what the short and long term goals of the mission at the border are.
"Short term, get the obstacles in. Longer term...it is somewhat to be determined."
"Short term, get the obstacles in. Longer term...it is somewhat to be determined."
Mattis told troops deployed to the border to ignore news coverage questioning the mission - "There’s all sorts of stuff in the news...If you read all that stuff, you’ll go nuts, you know what I mean?"
Mattis: "My mother was an immigrant, ok? She told me how hard it was to get into America. So believe me, we want legal immigration. That's part of what makes America good, but illegal we're going to carry out the law."
(His mother came to the US from Canada as an infant)
(His mother came to the US from Canada as an infant)
From Mattis' confirmation hearing: armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Alright, to those of you accusing me of making up that quote because it "doesn't sound like Mattis" - here's the video, starting at 13:00 pscp.tv/w/1gqxvnLllpkxB
