Trump Calls on States to Send National Guard to Texas to Deal With Border Crisis

Former president urges states to aid Texas in preventing the entry of illegal immigrants and to remove them back across the border.

A Texas National Guard soldier watches over a group of more than 1,000 migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas on Dec. 18, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump has called on states to deploy National Guard troops to Texas to remove illegal immigrants across the border amid the state’s ongoing feud with the Biden administration over razor wire fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“We encourage all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Illegals, and to remove them back across the Border,” President Trump said in a Jan. 25 statement.