Video: National Guard to Assist Mexican Border

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The National Guard is sending 1,200 citizen-soldiers and airmen who will serve alongside federal agents for one year as an augmentation force. The troops will work to prevent illegal immigration and drug trafficking north of the border, as well as to counter weapons and cash smuggling going south, Alan Bersin, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency commissioner, said today at a Pentagon news conference.

“We’re very pleased to be in support of our interagency partners,” Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, National Guard Bureau chief, said. “Our ramp-up will be over time, and we’ll make sure that all our soldiers and airmen are well qualified, well integrated and well briefed on the mission at hand.”

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