National Guard Making Impact on Southwest Border

National Guardsman Corporal Scott Engels outside the surveillance center in the Border Patrol station in Nogales, Ariz., on May 23, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

NOGALES, Arizona—National Guardsman Cpl. Scott Engels volunteered to deploy to the border to assist Border Patrol with surveillance. He had previously served in the military on active duty as an artillery radar operator for four years.

“I just want to serve my country and make sure everybody is as protected as they need to be,” Engles said outside the surveillance room in the Nogales Border Patrol station in Arizona on May 23.