Iowa joins call to deploy state police to Texas
Border Crime
Up to 30 officers will spend 2 weeks at border
by: RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press
Posted: Jun 25, 2021 / 10:27 AM CDT / Updated: Jun 25, 2021 / 10:27 AM CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will send up to 30 state police officers on a two-week deployment to Texas after Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds agreed to a request from GOP governors to help fight crime at the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Thursday.
A statement from the Iowa Department of Public Safety did not say when the deployment of the officers would begin or how they would be chosen. The officers will assist the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Critics said the deployment was a political boondoggle that would accomplish little, other than diverting dozens of officers at a time when they were desperately needed in Iowa. They noted that Reynolds in April declined a federal request for help housing migrant children who had crossed the border, saying: “This is not our problem.”
https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/border-crime/iowa-joins-call-to-deploy-state-police-to-texas/
