HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced on Friday he is deploying the Indiana National Guard to support the ongoing border security mission in Texas.
Holcomb is joined 13 other governors at the U.S. – Mexico border in Texas earlier this week to receive a detailed briefing on the situation. Following the recent direct request from Governor Greg Abbott, Holcomb is sending 50 Hoosier Guardsmen to the southern border to support the Texas National Guard on their security mission.
“Federal negligence enforcing immigration law and the failure to secure our country’s border jeopardizes national and economic security, affecting every state, including Indiana,” Governor Holcomb said. “We’ve worked too hard in Indiana attacking the drug epidemic for more Hoosier lives to be put at risk by a constant supply of killer drugs spilled over an open U.S. border. The only way to resolve this is to stop the historically high flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border.”
According to a press release, the Hoosier Guardsmen will arrive in Texas in March. Those being deployed will spend one week at Camp Atterbury for training on the operations of the mission before they are sent to Texas for ten months.
