Texas will deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to the border amid migrant surge
“There is an escalating crisis at the border — a crisis Congress is refusing to fix,†Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday.
BY CASSANDRA POLLOCK JUNE 21, 20191 HOUR AGO
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state will deploy 1,000 troops from the Texas National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid the federal government with border security efforts.
“There is an escalating crisis at the border — a crisis Congress is refusing to fix,†said Abbott, who was flanked by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, along with Brig. Gen. Tracy Norris, the adjutant general of the Texas National Guard, during a news conference at the Texas Capitol.
Abbott said the troops will have two main roles: to help at temporary holding facilities for single adult migrants in the Rio Grande Valley and in El Paso, and to help Border Patrol units along ports of entry.
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