Aug 27, 2010
By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer
Associated Press August 27, 2010 07:58 PM Copyright Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Friday, August 27, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle, PHOENIX (AP) --
The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority.
About 30 troops will start their jobs on the border Monday, and waves of more troops will be deploying every Monday until all 532 are expected to be on the Arizona border by the end of September. In May, Obama ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the border.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said the first of 224 National Guard troops allocated for his state have finished their training and are expected to be deployed to the state's border on Wednesday.
Troops in New Mexico were in different stages of training and don't yet know when they'll be deployed on the border. A Texas National Guard spokesman did not immediately return a call for comment.
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