Lousiana has pledged to send National Guard troops to Texas to bolster local efforts to secure the southern border amid the Lone Star’s state ongoing dispute with the Biden administration over border security.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, announced the move at a Feb. 8 press conference in Baton Rouge, amid Congressional failure to secure a border deal.
“Because the president will not do his job, because the federal government will not act, because Congress refuses to put in place a solid immigration plan that protects this country and allows people to come in and out of this country the way that it’s been done since the beginning, then the states are going to act,” Mr. Landry said….