Arizona and Texas to send 400 Guardsmen to US-Mexico border after Trump's call for troops

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• Arizona and Texas announced that they would send 400 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border by next week in response to President Donald Trump's call for troops.
• Arizona is providing around 150 Guard members and Texas will provide at least 250 troops in the next 72 hours.
• Trump called for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
• President George W. Bush sent around 6,000 troops in 2006, and President Barack Obama sent 1,200 Guard members in 2010.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Arizona and Texas announced Friday that they would send 400 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border by next week in response to President Donald Trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said about 150 Guard members would deploy next week. And the Texas National Guard said it was already sending Guardsmen to the border, with plans to place 250 troops there in the next 72 hours as an "initial surge," according to a Guard spokesman. Two helicopters lifted off Friday night from Austin, the state capital, to head south.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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