HotAir:
Gov. Kim Reynolds deployed more than 100 Iowa National Guard soldiers to Texas on Wednesday. They will assist at the U.S.-Mexico border for the next month.
The governor plans to use the federal funding allocated to Iowa from the American Rescue Plan. States are given flexibility in how the funding can be use as long as it supports the provision of government services.
A group of Iowa State Patrol officers will be sent to Texas by the Iowa Department of Public Safety on August 31 to support the Texas State Patrol. That deployment will end on October 2.
109 soldiers from Iowa will be tasked with “deterring illegal border crossings and preventing the trafficking of illegal substances by cartels through Texas.” The news release said they will remain in Texas until September 1.
Governor Reynolds, a Republican, announced in May that troops would be sent to the border to answer a request for assistance from Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Iowa joins at least a half a dozen red states in sending personnel to the border to support Operation Lone Star. more
Just curious, but exactly how will they “deter” illegal crossings? My guess is it will not involve live fire.
Keep ’em away from Border Patrol or they’ll end up processing illegals into the country.
While they’re there, they an pick up a few hundred to work at the meat packing plants…