And it looks like Tejas and Arizona are answering the call from el Presidente Trumpo to send the National Guard to the border.
Here’s how many they’re sending:
Officials in Arizona and Texas announced on Friday their plans to send National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border. The governor of Arizona said he planned to send about 150 members, while the Texas National Guard said it would send 250.
The announcement follows comments by President Trump on Thursday when he said he wanted to deploy between 2,000 and 4,000 guard members to the southern border in order to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis signed orders on Friday under Article 32 to deploy up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the Mexico border, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White told Fox News.
Here’s memo signed by Defense Secretary Mattis activating National Guard for border states. pic.twitter.com/DzLULPtIYr
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April 7, 2018
#BREAKING: Texas National Guard prepares to deploy to Texas - Mexico border. Press conference tonight at 6:30 p.m. @ Armed Forces Reserve Center 5102 Emma Browning Ave, Austin, TX 78719. @CNN @FoxNews @CBSNews @ABC @MSNBC @KXAN_News @KVUE @SpecNewsATX @fox7austin
— Texas Military Dept (@TXMilitary) April 6, 2018
Our office is working closely with @AZNationalGuard, @DeptofDefense and @DHSgov on plans to deploy approximately 150 national guard members to the border next week
— Doug Ducey (@dougducey) April 6, 2018
Some are saying that this is just a political stunt – especially since both George W. Bush and Barack Obama sent National Guard to the border during their terms too. But people trust Trump because he has been so vitriolic in his rhetoric against illegal aliens. I guess we’ll have to wait to see the proof before we know if this is just a political spectacle…