{"id":39373,"date":"2019-02-06T02:12:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/06\/new-mexico-governor-pulls-national-guard-troops-from-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:24:59","slug":"new-mexico-governor-pulls-national-guard-troops-from-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/02\/06\/new-mexico-governor-pulls-national-guard-troops-from-border\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico governor pulls National Guard troops from border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANTA FE, N.M. \u2014 The governor of New Mexico ordered the withdrawal of the majority of the state\u2019s National Guard troops from the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday, in a move that challenges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/31\/did-defense-officials-hide-border-mission-details-from-congress\/\" target=_blank>President Trump\u2019s description of a security crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the partial withdrawal shortly before Trump\u2019s State of the Union address. Her Republican predecessor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/09\/arizona-sends-225-troops-to-mexico-border-more-heading-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">deployed National Guard troops<\/a> to the border in April 2018 at Trump\u2019s suggestion, and 118 remained there before Tuesday\u2019s reversal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;New Mexico will not take part in the president&#8217;s charade of border fear-mongering by misusing our diligent National Guard troops,&#8221; Lujan Grisham said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/03\/pentagon-sending-another-3750-troops-to-us-mexico-border\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4947545.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon sending another 3,750 troops to US-Mexico border<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon says it will send 3,750 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to put up another 150 miles of concertina wire and provide other support for Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the governor said a small contingent \u2014 around a dozen guardsmen \u2014 will remain in the southwestern corner of the state to assist with humanitarian needs in a remote corridor for cross-border immigration. She also mobilized state police to assist local law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I recognize and appreciate the legitimate concerns of residents and officials in southwestern New Mexico, particularly Hidalgo County, who have asked for our assistance, as migrants and asylum-seekers continue to appear at their doorstep,&#8221; the governor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"803\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19029800404592.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19029800404592.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19029800404592.jpg.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19029800404592.jpg.jpg?resize=768,514 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19029800404592.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,685 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham talks after signing an executive order on Jan. 29, 2019, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Morgan Lee\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At remote stretches of New Mexico&#8217;s border with Mexico, large numbers of Central American migrants have surrendered in recent months to U.S. authorities. 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