It’s a tone that even the local Fox affiliate couldn’t spin. As 150 National Guard troops were scheduled to arrive in New Mexico by Saturday, here’s what the Governor was saying:
“We are ready, New Mexico is ready, to allow National Guard troops in the interim, for a year or two — a small number to make up for those Border Patrol agents that are not here, provided the fact that the federal government will pay for this,” said Richardson.
The news copy called this a “welcome” from the Governor, but they report so you decide. When you are ready to allow someone into your state, is that the same thing as welcoming them there?
In fact, as with many of these “early” deployments, the Guard visit is not really the result of Operation Jump Start, “but these units will count as part of the 6,000 ordered to help secure the United States’ border with Mexico.”
Border Guard Coming To Las Cruces, Angela Word, KFOX Associate Producer, POSTED: 5:49 pm MDT June 8, 2006
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