Is the US Guard going to the US-Mexico border to crack down on illegal immigrants?

On April 4, US President Donald Trump signed an announcement to send a National Guard to the US-Mexico border to help crack down on illegal immigrants.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Costezhen Nelson said that regarding the number of people to send the National Guard, the federal government is coordinating with the governors of the southwestern border States and will send the National Guard to the border as early as the evening of the 4th.

Trump wrote in a memo sent to the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Homeland Security and the Minister of Justice earlier on the 4 th: "The situation on the border is now at a crisis point."

The memorandum said that the "ungovernable state" of the southern border was completely inconsistent with "the security and sovereignty of the American people" and the government "had no choice but to take action". The president asked the Department of Defense to help the Department of Homeland Security defend the southern border and stop the influx of drugs and illegal immigrants.

On the evening of the 4 th, Trump signed an announcement to send the National Guard to the US-Mexico border.

Nelson said that he was discussing the existence and number of National Guard with the governors of the southwest border states. The dispatch will be completed as soon as possible, and the National Guard will arrive at the border as early as the evening of the 4th.

She said that the tasks performed by the National Guard will be similar to those in 2006 and 20 10.

From 2006 to 2008, then President George W. Bush sent the National Guard to the border to perform intelligence analysis tasks. In 20 10, then president Obama sent 1200 national guards to the border to provide intelligence, monitoring and reconnaissance support for the border patrol.

The National Guard is a reserve force and an important reserve force of the active US military. Every state has a national guard. The National Guard is under the dual leadership of the state government and the federal government. The national guard is mainly under the command of the state government, unless the federal government recruits it.

Some governors, both Democrats and Republicans, have expressed their support for the federal government. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said that he welcomed the federal government's decision to send the National Guard to the border and looked forward to working with the federal government.

The office of the governor of Texas said that there are about 100 Texas National Guard members on the US-Mexico border. In response to the federal decision, Texas will send more people to the border.

Also supporting Trump's decision is New Mexico Governor Susanna Martinez.

California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown has reservations. He said that any request from the federal government must be reviewed by the state government before deciding how to provide better help.

At the congressional level, the Homeland Security Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by Republicans. The chairmen of both committees expressed their support for Trump's decision.