Professor Geoffrey Corn, member of CERL’s Advisory Council, is quoted in reporting by Uriel J. García for The Texas Tribune on the military zone established by the Pentagon as part of El Paso’s Fort Bliss Army base that permits active-duty troops to arrest migrants at the border. He notes that federal law limits the use of the military for civilian law enforcement, in part due to the training soldiers receive as warfighters. 

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law. A retired U.S. Army Judge Advocate Officer, he served as the Army’s senior law of war advisor. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here.   

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