![]() Muehlenbeck, who oversees the Arizona National Guard, noted that in September it wrapped up a 30-month active-duty mission providing support to law enforcement agencies in southern Arizona. The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, National Guard confirmed Friday afternoon it was activating members. Customs and Border Protection officials said they did not have an immediate response to the governor's decision. government reimburse Arizona for border security spending. ![]() ![]() Today's action by the Governor is a necessary step in addressing the current crisis at the border." Hobbs said the Biden administration had not responded to her request that the U.S. "We made clear that no National Guard would be deployed to the Nation and her office has agreed. "We are in close communication with Governor Hobbs on this issue," said Verlon Jose, chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation. The San Miguel crossing located farther east on the Tohono O'odham Nation is also seeing hundreds of migrant arrivals daily, but tribal officials said the National Guard would not be stationed on the reservation. There, they will support state and local agencies engaged in law enforcement, including interdiction of illegal drugs and human trafficking. Hobbs said the National Guard members will be stationed at multiple locations along the southern border, including around Lukeville. Although remote, the crossing is a popular route for Arizonans traveling to the Mexican resort of Puerto Peñasco, or Rocky Point, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) south of the border on the northern shores of the Sea of Cortez. National Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona crossing, overwhelming agentsĬustoms and Border Protection has said shutting down the official crossing was necessary to allow personnel stationed there to help Border Patrol agents manage the hundreds of migrants illegally crossing in that area daily. ![]()
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