Obama Weighs Keeping National Guard on US, Mexico Border to Fight Illegal Immigration

DEVIN DWYER
ABC News
May 9, 2011

President Obama will raise the issue of immigration reform to the fore this week with a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, where he faces a looming decision on whether to keep 1,200 National Guardsmen deployed.

Nearly one year ago, under pressure from congressional Republicans and border state governors to do more to curtail illegal immigration, Obama authorized the use of troops to assist the Border Patrol with immigration enforcement operations in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Funding for the border security mission approved by Congress expires in June.

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This article was posted: Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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