Republican states send national guard troops to Texas border in show of force

Moves by governors including Florida’s Ron DeSantis denounced as ‘political stunts’ that risk migrants’ lives

Republican governors from 14 states are sending national guard troops and other personnel to the Texas-Mexico border in a show of force that immigration advocates warn risks lives and critics denounce as “political stunts”.

Florida’s Ron DeSantis has assigned the most – 1,100 people, including 500 national guard and others such as law enforcement officers, a group about 10 times larger than the anti-immigration governor sent in 2021.