Governor Noem Deploys South Dakota National Guard to Texas for Border Security
PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced that up to fifty South Dakota National Guard troops are being deployed to Texas to help the secure the border between the United States and Mexico. This is in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request for help to respond to ongoing violations of state and federal law by illegal aliens crossing the unsecured border.
“The Biden Administration has failed in the most basic duty of the federal government: keeping the American people safe,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “The border is a national security crisis that requires the kind of sustained response only the National Guard can provide. We should not be making our own communities less safe by sending our police or Highway Patrol to fix a long-term problem President Biden’s Administration seems unable or unwilling to solve. My message to Texas is this: help is on the way.”
The initial deployment to the border will last for between 30 and 60 days. South Dakota Adjutant General Jeff Marlette and the South Dakota Department of the Military are working with their counterparts in Texas to finalize the details of this mission. The deployment will be paid for by a private donation.
For operational security reasons, specific names of units, number of members, and mission specifics will not be released.
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Our open border is a clear national security risk but so is the new found fact that our National Guard can be bought and paid by private donations. This should not be possible. State legislators please pass a law changing this next session.
Does anyone know if this has happened in the past? Or if the donors will be made public?
THe donor was named
‘Our open border “– The border is not open..
How are the thousands of ILLEGAL aliens, not migrants, getting into the USA if the border isn’t open????? A person cannot get through a closed door.
The Sanford National Guard?
Too bad the feeble president and his America-hating veep won’t take care of the actual citizens of the country. Isn’t that supposed to be their first job?
National Guard members from every State are first and foremost responsible to protect our Nation on our own soil and can and do move around the country in times of disaster and turmoil. Governor Noem has every right to send our NG troops anywhere in the country where help is needed.
What should not happen is our NG troops being used as pawns by the Executive branch in political wars on foreign shores not actually voted on by Congress as an engagement of war. And regardless of party affiliation it happens time and again.
THe Tx. national guard has around 19,000 soldiers, why is noam sending 50 S.D. guard
?_________”times of disaster and turmoil.”–Where is that?
Gov Noem is a disgrace to the state and nation.
Is that you Cory?
When they are done in Mexico, they will be sent to D.C. to take back control of government. Hand it over to the rightful heir and his family. Kristi will be competing with Mike Lindell for VP.
Are you serious?
“The deployment will be paid for by a private donation.”
Lol, what a time when private interests are able to entice governors into sending their citizens down to Texas in middle of summer as a political stunt.
As a veteran that has served in a war and been a guard member, I don’t support how she made this a partisan issue. Guards members have been sent to the border before. She has every right to do that, but it stinks like poop when politicians like this make our service members deployment into a partisan issue.
I would like to find out how to make a private donation. I am thinking maybe I can use some of Uncle Joe’s “stimulus” money to help pay for it.
If I make a big enough donation will she undo her no veto and sign the bill she said she would on women’s day about women’s sports?? Asking for a friend
Who in their right mind would send National Guard troops to another state at the request of an out of state billionaire? Just bizarre. Noem is using the Guard as a political pawn.
And the guy pays for it too? What’s in it for him? It’s not like she would reduce his taxes and eliminate the estate tax for his descendants… or something.
When out of state money comes in to help finance a ballot initiative, they get all upset and pass legislation to stop us from controlling OUR government. When out of state money comes in to Kristi, she will use the national guard as a personal army to deploy wherever a donor says? This is crazy….
Where is Ed Randazzo on this?
I did not know the Governor, or anyone in the state, has the authority to deploy the Guard outside of the state. I assumed only the Feds could do that.
The feds aren’t doing anything. These illegals, and that is the correct worrd…not migrants, are being encouraged and welcomed by Biden, along with the drugs and crime. Anything that can be done to stop this is fine in my book. Legal is fine, and they support themselves. This present policy is designed to create new democrat voters and change our country, and the Biden administration has no desire to stop it.
“illegals” pay appx. $11,000,000,000 i taxes….
“The feds aren’t doing anything.”– lie..
“being encouraged and welcomed by Biden”– What did Harris tell them?
” Anything that can be done to stop this is fine “– shoot on sight? Kidnap the kids?
“This present policy is designed to create new democrat voters “— Show proof or that is a lie
With the above statement you acknowledged the real reason for all the lies and fear mongering of you people…
How do you know how much illegal trespassers pay in taxes?
We don’t even know how many of these criminals are here.
This mess is all on the Democrats, period.
About time someone did something other than an hour and a half photo op
800 miles from the epicenter of the crisis.
That’s like going to New York to deal with problems in Chicago.
We will be seeing problems from these criminals in SD before you know it.
Maybe you can sponsor a couple dozen of them at your house?
You are correct…feds are doing something. They are encouraging illegal immigration, free healthcare and education and housing even in expensive hotels.
Harris did trll them the border was closed but did nothing to close it and allows thousands of illegals in every month. Actions speak louder than mere words, and the illegals know it.
Kidnapping kids is being abetted by this administration with cartels using kids to get others in and then spmetimes abandoning those kids in the desert.
As far as new voters, all the dem policies for amnesty are designed to create new dem voters. Some illegals were even wearing Biden tee shirts. Then once legal, automatic voter registration with their drivers license.
You are free to disagree, these are facts.
The silence from the rest of the SDGOP is deafening. Grow a spine!
Her ambitions are for her, not South Dakota. She doesn’t have traditional South Dakota values, but neither does all those holding up Trump like he’s something to aspire and emulate. They are examples of people who only do things that benefit themselves, not people we need in public service. We deserve better.
Why so sad, unhappy camper? I thought you would joyfully celebrating the centennial of your political party in China.
As a former, long-term, SD Army National Guard member, I agree with the decision to send the Guard to Texas – if they need them (as stated in an earlier post, they do have 19,000+ Guardsmen in Texas, so…) (quite frankly we probably should send 500 or 1,000 if need be!).
However, the offer from the billionaire should have been graciously turned down. This, to me, would have set a much more positive tone than the one now, which is that our state National Guard members can be bought by some outside entity or individual. Decisions, like these, tend to haunt a politician – even when there are good intentions.
The Republicans have had both the congress and the presidents office and never solved this problem, so in fact neither party really has wanted to eliminate the cheap labor coming across the border. Both have benefited and protected this regardless of the rhetoric so stop the pretense the Democrats are only to blame. We were protecting our border with good immigration policy fining employers who hired illegals but his rich Republican donors want cheap labor.
I think it was George Bush who caved under the pressure.