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Arizona is sending 225 members of the state’s National Guard to the US-Mexico border to support President Donald Trump’s call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration, the state’s governor said on Monday.
More of the state’s Guard members will be deployed on Tuesday, said Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican.
The Arizona troops were being sent after Texas announced Friday that it would send 250 National Guard members and helicopters to the border.
Trump said last week that he wanted 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard members deployed to the border.

New Mexico’s Republican governor has said her state will take part in the operation, but no announcement has been made on deployment. 
California Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, has not said if his state’s National Guard members will participate.
Trump has said he wants to use the military at the border until progress is made on his proposed border wall, which has mostly stalled in Congress.
Trump wants to cut agreed-upon US$1.3tr spending deal to offset deficit
Defence Secretary Jim Mattis last Friday approved paying for up to 4,000 National Guard personnel from the Pentagon budget through the end of September.
A Defence Department memo said the National Guard members would not perform law enforcement functions or “interact with migrants or other persons detained” without Mattis’s approval.

It said “arming will be limited to circumstances that might require self-defence” but did not further define that.
After plunging at the start of Trump’s presidency, the numbers of migrants apprehended at the southwestern border have started to rise in line with historical trends.
The Border Patrol said it caught around 50,000 people in March, more than three times the number in March 2017.
That has erased a decline for which Trump repeatedly took credit. 
Border apprehensions still remain well below the numbers when former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama deployed the Guard to the border.


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Arizona sends 225 National Guard troops to  Mexico border, answering Donald Trump’s call 

Members of the Arizona National Guard listen to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Monday at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix. Photo: AFP 

SAN YSIDRO, CA - APRIL 09: A woman walks to enter Mexico on foot at the San Ysidro port of entry on April 9, 2018 in San Ysidro, California. President Trump has issued a decree for the National Guard to guard the 3,200 kilometer border between the United States and Mexico. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Members of the Arizona National Guard listen to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on April 9, 2018 at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona deployed its first 225 National Guard members to the Mexican border on Monday after President Donald Trump ordered thousands of troops to the frontier region to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration. "The Arizona National Guard will deploy 225 members of the Guard today to support border security measures," the state militia said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / Caitlin O'Hara

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US President Donald Trump points to Congress' US$1.3 trillion spending bill during a signing ceremony in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Friday. Photo: Reuters

A copy of the spending bill, approved by Congress, is seen on a desk before US President Donald Trump speaks about the bill in the Diplomatic Room at the White House on March 23, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) leaves after the weekly House Republican Conference meeting March 20, 2018 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. House Republicans held their weekly meeting to discuss GOP agenda. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

US President Donald Trump looks on as Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks about the spending bill during a press conference in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on March 23, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm

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Arizona answers USPresident Donald Trump’s call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration


Arizona answers President Donald Trump’s call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration


Arizona sends 225 National Guard troops to Mexico border, answering Donald Trump’s call

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Arizona answers USPresident Donald Trump’s call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration