Republican Congressman Introduces Bill to Send National Guard From US Capitol to Southern Border

National Guard members stand their posts around the Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2021. Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) introduced legislation on Tuesday aimed at reassigning 95 percent of the National Guardsmen who are at the U.S. Capitol and sending them to the southern border to help with the “humanitarian crisis” there.

Murphy’s Guard Our Border Act (pdf) comes as Capitol Police issued a statement recently saying there is no “known credible threat” to the U.S. Capitol. There is, however, a surge of illegal immigrants coming to the southern border, creating what Republicans and a few Democrats are calling a crisis.