A Bay Area lawmaker is among a group of Democrats who say the Pentagon has diverted more than $2 billion in military funds toward the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda.

Rep. John Garamendi (D-Fairfield) , whose district includes Travis Air Force Base, on Thursday said deploying soldiers and funding to the Southern border undermines national security and threatens military readiness.

“ The [Army’s] 101st Division, which is one of the three divisions that we keep always ready to go in a moment’s notice, has been diverted to border activities,” said Garamendi, who serves as the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. “So the management, the infrastructure, the logistics — all of that is totally disrupted. And they are not prepared to depa

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