Hutchinson will send Arkansas troops to the Mexican border. Why? Who knows?

[TexasTowelie]

Well, it didn’t take long for Governor Hutchinson to back off expressed reluctance to send Arkansans to the Mexican border.

Governor Asa Hutchinson has authorized a 90-day deployment of up to 40 members of the Arkansas National Guard to Texas to assist with security at the state’s border with Mexico.

“I have authorized this mission in response to an official request from Texas on the urgent matter at our southern border,” Governor Hutchinson said. “My hope is that our 90 days of support will improve the security of our country and reduce the adverse impact of illegal immigration on Arkansas.”

The 90-day deployment will be consistent with a training mission for the National Guard.

At a news conference earlier today in which he said he would NOT send state troopers, as some states have done, he noted a difference between a request from governors and the president; a question about the mission, and a question about whether the Arkansas Guard had specific abilities useful to the mission.

Read more: https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/06/29/update-hutchinson-will-send-arkansas-troops-to-the-mexican-border-why-who-knows