Tennessee Governor Deploys National Guard Troops to Texas Border

‘As America faces the most severe border crisis in decades, TN is showing the rest of the country what it means to lead,’ Gov. Bill Lee said.

Texas National Guard agents prevent illegal immigrants from Venezuela from crossing a barbed wire fence to at the El Paso Sector Border after crossing the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico, on Feb. 29, 2024. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is the latest Republican governor to deploy a contingent of his state’s National Guard troops to the southern U.S. border to help block illegal border crossings.

During a visit to the Texas border town of Eagle Pass last month, Mr. Lee announced his intent to authorize two new rounds of troop deployments to the border. On March 2, he made good on that vow, meeting with a group of 50 Tennessee National Guard soldiers who will take on the border mission.