Fox’s first appearance: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas announced that the U.S. and Mexico We are sending troops to the border.
The Arkansas National Guard will deploy 40 Guard members to support Texas National Guard operations from April 1 to May 30, Fox News Digital reported. The military will fall under the jurisdiction of Governor Sanders, but the lead agency will remain the Texas National Guard.
Arkansas is one of the Republican-led states that has sent troops to Texas in the past. Natural State sent about 80 security personnel to the border last July, and 40 in the summer of 2021.
The units deployed by Arkansas to the southern border will enhance the surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the Texas National Guard and strengthen the detection and tracking capabilities of its partners, the governor’s office said.
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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is sending the National Guard to the southern border. (Pool photo, file via Al Drago/AP)
The show of support comes as Texas struggles with the Biden administration over unilateral efforts to address the immigration crisis, including the construction of razor wire along the border and recent illegal immigration legislation that allows state and local law enforcement to make arrests. This took place amid multiple ongoing legal battles. Illegal immigration. The law just suffered another blow on Monday when the Supreme Court extended its stay at the administration’s request. The Biden administration has filed a lawsuit seeking to rescind the bill, saying it would take away core federal powers on immigration and create chaos.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Sanders accused the administration of “opening our borders to illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking” and accused Texas of stepping up in areas where the administration has failed. did.
“I have seen firsthand the crisis the president has created, and I know that the wonderful men and women of the Arkansas National Guard will complement Texas’ efforts to keep our border and state safe,” she said.
“The Arkansas National Guard has a rich history of supporting neighboring states in crisis,” Maj. Gen. Jonathan Stubbs, the adjutant general of Arkansas, said in a statement. “We supported the state of Texas last year and have done so under previous administrations. Our Soldiers are fully prepared and ready to support Texas National Guard operations.”
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U.S. Border Patrol agents watch over 2,000 migrants at a field processing center in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The deployment comes amid concerns that there could be another surge of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico land border in the coming months. In fiscal 2013, there were records of encounters with 2.4 million migrants, and in December, for the first time in recorded history, the country encountered more than 300,000 migrants. Meanwhile, the unrest in Haiti has raised concerns about a new wave of migrants coming from the Caribbean nation primarily by sea, although Haitians also enter the United States via the land border.
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Republicans have criticized the Biden administration’s policies, which say more funding and reforms from Congress are needed to fix a “broken” system. They are pushing for passage of a bipartisan Senate bill that would increase border staffing and funding. DHS recently released a budget that includes funding for 350 new Border Patrol agents, 301 additional processing coordinators, and 150 new CBP officers.
“It’s very simple. It’s time to act. It’s long past time to act,” the president said at the border this month, urging passage of the Senate bill. “The time has come to tackle this. We can’t wait any longer.”
