Governor Noem announces National Guard deployment to U.S.-Mexico border

PIERRE, S.D. MITCHELL NOW)

Governor Kristi Noem announced that she will deploy South Dakota National Guard troops to the southern border later this spring. This will be the fifth time that the South Dakota National Guard has deployed to the southern border to assist in border security efforts during the Noem Administration.

60 South Dakota National Guard soldiers will deploy to the southern border on a rolling basis over a three-month period. Further specifics about the unit’s mission may not be answerable due to security considerations.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Governor Noem was the first governor to deploy National Guard troops to the southern border at the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

December represented the first month in American history that border encounters totaled more than 300,000.

(Noem press release)