{"id":35061,"date":"2019-06-23T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/23\/texas-sending-another-1000-national-guard-troops-to-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:23:38","slug":"texas-sending-another-1000-national-guard-troops-to-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/23\/texas-sending-another-1000-national-guard-troops-to-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas sending another 1,000 National Guard troops to border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will send another 1,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border <\/a>while accusing Congress of failing to take action on the growing humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor said at an afternoon press conference among Republican leaders and Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris that additional Guard members will assist at new detention facilities in the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso and at ports of entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It brings the total number of Guard members on the Texas border to more than 2,000, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said. There are also 1,400 active-duty soldiers <\/a>who remain on the border, according to an Army spokesman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My message to them is Congress is a group of reprobates for not addressing a crisis on our border and we’re not going to stand idly by and endanger the lives and safety of the state of Texas because Congress is refusing to do its job,” Abbott said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t