Kelly Did Not Direct US National Guard to Enforce Immigration Laws - White House

US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly did not give instruction to authorize the National Guard to aid in immigration laws enforcement, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told the White House press pool.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the Associated Press claimed, citing an 11-page draft memorandum, the administration of President Donald Trump was considering a plan to mobilize 100,000 National Guard troops to round up illegal immigrants.

"I don’t specifically know who put pen to person but I know that it was not Secretary Kelly and it wasn’t at his direction," Sanders said on Friday.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer denied that the Trump administration was going to utilize the National Guard for immigration enforcement and called the media reports "100 percent not true."

The US Department of Defense also dismissed on Friday the report.