Wendy Davis Says She May Withdraw Texas National Guard From Border If Elected Governor
Source: Fox News Latino
Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis questioned the deployment of 1,000 National Guard troops on the border with Mexico to curtail immigration and she promised, if elected, that she will study withdrawing them. Davis, who has already come out against the measure saying that the National Guard has no responsibilities in the immigration crisis, said Thursday at a campaign event that if she wins the November election she will consult with South Texas authorities to study whether or not to maintain the force there. The southern part of the country, and in particular Texas, in recent months has experienced a massive inflow of undocumented and unaccompanied Central American children and teenagers fleeing the violence in their countries of origin, where they are harassed by drug traffickers and other criminals.
According to government figures, almost 60,000 unaccompanied children - mainly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador - have crossed the southern border since last October and expectations are that by the end of the year the number will be 90,000.
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