Sioux Falls: South Dakota Gov.
Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that he would join the Republican governor list which continued to send law enforcement officers to the US border with Mexico.
Noem’s announcement that he would send up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas came when GOP increased political fight with President Joe Biden for the security of the border.
This problem has attracted a number of prominent GOP numbers: Former President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the border this week and the Republican Governor of Florida, Nebraska and Iowa have committed to sending law enforcement officers for border security.
Texas GOV.
Greg Abbott this month announced plans to build more obstacles along the border.
Abbott’s new push has been criticized as a political theater, but he has defended his plan, said the number of border grades remained high.
The governor said he would use $ 250 million in state money and crowdsourced financing for obstacles, even though the timeline and the cost for encouragement was unclear.
It also faces a potential court challenge from the federal government.
A large number of migrants have emerged on the US border with Mexico, with many who change themselves to US border patrol agents in seeking legal asylum status.
But the number of families and children traveling without their parents crossing to the US has fallen sharply since March and April, while meetings with single adults remain high.
Personal donations will fund the shipping costs of South Dakota National Guard troops, said Noem.
Placements are expected to take place from 30 to 60 days, while other countries involved send law enforcement officers because of about two weeks.
Noem, who was seen as a potential presidential competitor, distinguished his decision to send national guards and other governors who sent state police officers.
“ The border is a national security crisis that requires a sustainable type of response only national guards who can provide, “he said in a statement.
“ We should not make our community less secure by sending police or highway patrols to fix the long-term problem President Biden’s does not seem to or not to solve it.
” Governor’s spokesman Ian Fury said the donation for the spread came from Willis and Foundation Reba Johnson.
Willis Johnson, a founder of a used car auction with Tennessee called Copart, regularly contributed to the Republican Party, including $ 200,000 to the Trump victory committee last year.
Fury said the ‘governor welcomed every such donation to help ease the cost of South Dakota taxpayers, “but refused to provide estimates about the cost of spread, quoting` security reasons.
” However, Democratic State Senator Reynold Nesiba said the fact that NOEM used donors to pay the spread showed it was not the ‘real priority’ ‘for the country, but instead it gave’ the political assembly.
“He said he was looking at a personal donation to fund the spread of legal.
This can set a dangerous precedent to allow anonymous political donors to call the governor and send guards whenever they want, “he said.
Meanwhile, Arkansas GOV.
Asa Hutchinson said he had refused requests from Texas to provide state forces.
Hutchinson said sending national guard troops was still a choice and had asked the promise of General Arkansas National Guard General to evaluate the possibility.
`” Because of the public safety needs that we have in Arkansas and because of the important work they do here, I will not send the state police Arkansas to the border, “he told reporters.
South Dakota to send national guard troops to Texas
