(AP Photo)Asserting the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation ordering the deployment of the National Guard to the US-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration. But over the past 12 years, presidents have twice sent National Guard troops to the border to bolster security and assist with surveillance and other support. Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military,” Trump said. In Texas, which already has about 100 National Guard members stationed on the border, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, also a Republican, tweeted that his state “welcomes the deployment of National Guard to the border.

Source: Indian Express April 05, 2018 01:02 UTC