Please register or login to see links! report,19 U.S. Department of Defense announced that the Pentagon will send about 1,200 National Guard members to help guard the United States and Mexico border to combat illegal immigration.
Department of Defense National Guard Bureau CraigMcKinley Pentagon news conference that day, announced that 1,200 National Guard members from August 1 onwards accredited Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
Please register or login to see links! and California borders with Mexico areas, to September all in place. Their presence for one year, work is to assist Customs and Border Protection officers to curb illegal immigration, the fight against crime.
Customs and Border Protection, said the Secretary Yilunboxin, these National Guard members will be mainly the work of federal agents to help prevent illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States at the same time to prevent the smuggling of weapons and cash into Mexico.