{"id":63720,"date":"2018-04-09T22:51:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/09\/arizona-sends-225-troops-to-mexico-border-more-heading-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:22:07","slug":"arizona-sends-225-troops-to-mexico-border-more-heading-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/04\/09\/arizona-sends-225-troops-to-mexico-border-more-heading-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wins pledges of 1,600 troops for Mexico border duty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HOUSTON \u2014 The Republican governors of three southwestern border states on Monday committed 1,600 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border, giving President Donald Trump many of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/04\/04\/white-house-walks-back-trumps-plan-to-use-us-military-on-southern-border\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the troops he requested<\/a> to fight what he\u2019s called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas all made new pledges that add up to almost half of the up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/07\/national-guard-troops-head-to-the-border-paid-for-by-the-pentagon\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">4,000 troops Trump requested<\/a>. Some Guard members started arriving at the border as states and the federal government officials continued to discuss what they will do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only holdout border state was California, led by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who has not announced whether troops from his state\u2019s National Guard will participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown has repeatedly fought with Trump over immigration policy. Under the federal law Trump invoked in his proclamation calling for National Guard troops, governors who send troops retain command and control over their state\u2019s Guard members and the U.S. government picks up the cost.<\/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\/2018\/04\/08\/what-happened-when-bush-obama-sent-troops-to-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=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18095645470609.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\">What happened when Bush, Obama sent troops to Mexico border<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Since he launched his run for president, Donald Trump has said things about immigrants and the U.S.-Mexico border that no other U.S. president has. But now he\u2019s reached directly into his predecessors\u2019 playbook by sending in the National Guard.<\/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\">Trump said last week he wants to send 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard members to the border, issuing a proclamation citing \u201cthe lawlessness that continues at our southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy administration has no choice but to act,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administration officials have said that rising numbers of people being caught at the southern border, while in line with seasonal trends in recent years, require an immediate response.<\/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\/2018\/04\/05\/thornberry-dont-rob-military-to-fund-border-wall\/\" 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=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18093735665865.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\">The House Armed Services chairman doesn\u2019t want to \u2018rob military\u2019 to fund border wall<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon is standing up an operations cell to assist with border security and looking at options to fortify border barrier at military installation in Arizona.<\/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\">Apprehensions are still well below their historical trends during the terms of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, both of whom also deployed the Guard to the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Mexico City, a caravan of Central American migrants that had been heading north stopped in the Mexican capital. The caravan had sparked furious criticism from Trump, followed days later by his National Guard border protection deployment plan. Organizers said they never intended to go to the U.S. border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18099737579841.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18099737579841.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18099737579841.jpg.jpg?resize=300,175 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18099737579841.jpg.jpg?resize=768,447 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks to Arizona National Guard soldiers prior to deployment to the Mexico border at the Papago Park Military Reservation Monday, April 9, 2018, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey told a group of soldiers preparing to deploy from a Phoenix military base that their \u201cmission is about providing manpower and resources\u201d to support agencies on the border and denied that there was a political motive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think this is a partisan issue or an identity issue,\u201d he said. \u201cYou show me somebody who is for drug cartels or human trafficking or this ammunition that\u2019s coming over a wide-open and unprotected border here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told San Antonio radio station KTSA that he would add about 300 troops a week until the total number reaches at least 1,000 troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Guard members will be armed if they are placed in potential danger, Abbott said, adding he wanted to downplay speculation that \u201cour National Guard is showing up with military bayonets trying to take on anybody that\u2019s coming across the border, because that is not their role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no end date for the deployment, Abbott said: \u201cWe may be in this for the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-943562526.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-943562526.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-943562526.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-943562526.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A train runs paralell to the US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas,  April 8, 2018. The US states of Texas and Arizona announced plans to send National Guard troops to the southern border with Mexico after President Donald Trump ordered a thousands-strong deployment to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration. (Paul Ratje\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez\u2019s office said that more than 80 troops would deploy later this week. They will be the first of an expected 250 Guard members from New Mexico to serve on the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, offered to send members of his state\u2019s Guard as well. South Carolina sent troops to the border during Operation Jump Start, the border deployment ordered by Bush in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In California, Brown\u2019s spokesman, Evan Westrup, said Monday that state officials are still reviewing Trump\u2019s troop request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has said he wants to use the military at the border until progress is made on his proposed border wall, which has mostly stalled in Congress. Defense Secretary James Mattis last Friday approved paying for up to 4,000 National Guard personnel from the Pentagon budget through the end of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joel Villarreal, the mayor of Rio Grande City in Texas, said he did not agree with what he characterized as \u201cthe militarization of the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not good for business, to be frank with you,\u201d Villarreal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Christie reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina; Susan Montoya in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Kathleen Ronayne in Sacramento, California, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican governors of three southwestern border states on Monday committed 1,600 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border, giving President Donald Trump many of the troops he requested to fight what he\u2019s called a crisis of migrant crossings and 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