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July 20, 2010

US National Guard to Arrive on Mexican Border on Aug. 1
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US National Guard troops will begin arriving along the border with
Mexico on August 1 as part of President Obama’s plan to increase border
security. The administration has pledged to send up to 1,200 National
Guard troops to the area for a year. Almost half of the National Guard
force will go to Arizona.

Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection: "National
Guard is there to support the efforts of law enforcement, not to have a
direct law enforcement role; not to confront, unless confronted, any
particular threat. So this is a question of supporting law enforcement.
The National Guard has done that extremely well in the past and, we
trust, will do so again on this occasion."



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