National Guard still on the border
I don't know all the numbers. Originally, there were supposed to be 6,000. I think it may have hit that level for a short time. They aren't there to arrest illegals, they're there to do back-up work. Sadly, their numbers have been cut way down and I think the last of them are scheduled out before long.
More than 1,200 members of the National Guard from Arizona, New Mexico, Maryland and Ohio are deployed along the border in Arizona, most near Nogales. Their mission, Operation Jumpstart, includes watching and guarding the border for five or six miles east and west of the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales.
Some members are assigned to hilltop sentry posts and others are engineers who work on road construction. In the past two years, Army engineers have created an easier route for Border Patrol agents along the border, enabling them to easier reach crossers detected by cameras and listening devices.
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