Texas National Guard, with 300 soldiers in Laredo to help apply immigration – Texas public radio

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More than 300 troops at the National Guard in Texas will arrive in Laredo to help the US border patrol with the application of immigration.

Governor Greg Abut announced last week that the state had signed an agreement with the federal government authorizing the soldiers of the National Guard for State Orders to carry out immigration arrests.

Larendo’s chief agent Jesse Munozo said to Laredo Morning Times State troops will work under the direct supervision of the border patrol.

They are expected to arrive within a month.

The message came days after the Pentagon announced the placement of an additional 1,500 soldiers on the border.

The Associated Press reports that the 18th Fort Liberty Air Corps Logistics Brigade in North Carolina will be mobilized to support the Trump administration’s immigration repression.

About 500 Marines were also sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to prepare for migrant inflows.

For years, Abbot has been trying unsuccessfully to replace state and local law enforcement authorities to carry out immigration arrests, something that the Trump administration is now supporting.

Joseph Nun, a council in the Freedom and National Security Program of the Brennan Center, said earlier in February that the agreement may fall under the federal law that allows state and local law enforcement agencies to support the implementation of immigration.

Nun, however, added that the Federal Statute did not specify the use of state security for such a purpose and it questioned the legality of the MR.

“It’s a matter of law enforcement. It’s not a military problem,” Nan said. “Soldiers, including the National Guard of Texas, are trained to be soldiers. They are not trained to be agents to implement immigration.”

Nan expressed concern for the military that is used more at the border, something that he and other civil rights defend.

“The continued use of military officials to apply immigration and expand this use is many problems,” Nun explained. “He continues to drain on military resources and distraction from the main responsibilities of military national security.”

Immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said the obligation of Congress remains to adopt immigration reform.

“This is a nation that actually needs immigrant work at all levels of the spectrum of skills. And if we could get the congress to undergo immigration reform to meet the needs of our economy, things will calm for immigration everywhere,” it Everywhere, “she everywhere,” she explained. “But until we receive this immigration reform, we will continue to see more money spent and more stories of implementation when this is not even the answer to all this.”

Gabriela Alcorta-Solorio contributed to this report.