4 States Deploy National Guard to US–Mexico Border

A member of the Texas National Guard looks across the Rio Grande to Mexico from the United States at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2022. Eric Gay/AP Photo

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Kentucky, and Illinois are deploying several National Guard units to the U.S.–Mexico border.

According to the office of New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, the four states are sending a total of about 500 soldiers to help secure the border. The units will act under the command of the 941st Military Police Battalion, which already has 44 soldiers in place.