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Texas Gov. Abbott wants to send 1,400 National Guard troops to border
As of April 12, 762 Texas National Guard troops were deployed to the border, state officials announced at a legislative hearing on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Texas House Committee on Appropriations, Angela Isaack, manager the Legislative Budget Board, said the deployment had come as a consequence of President Donald Trump’s request for the deployment of National Guard personnel to the border.
She said deployment will increase by 300 each week until total deployment reaches 1,400.
Through March 2018, according to a presentation by Isaack, 130 National Guardsmen were deployed to the Texas border.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/texas-gov-abbott-wants-send-400-national-guard-troops-border/qv0YFZoqCnqTQkvAj6xeKJ/