Governor Abbott sends National Guard to Texas border

More Texas National Guard troops deploy to southern border, some to help build a wall

More than 1,000 Texas National Guard members are now deployed to the state’s border with Mexico, with some troops helping with the early stages of building a border wall, the governor’s office said.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the additional construction mission Tuesday, saying he has “surged” troops to the border under state orders.

“The Texas National Guard is playing an unprecedented role to secure the border because of the unprecedented refusal of the federal government to fulfill its obligations under federal law,” he said in a statement.

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