Update: Noem sending SD National Guard to Southern border

Tomorrow morning I’m officially announcing up to 50 National Guard troops to Texas to help secure our border. The Biden Administration has failed to keep America safe. We shouldn’t be making our own communities vulnerable by sending police to fix Biden’s border crisis.

— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) June 28, 2021

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she will join a growing list of Republican governors sending the National Guard to the U.S. border with Mexico.

Noem’s announcement that she will send up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas comes as the GOP ramps up a political fight with President Joe Biden over border security.

The issue has drawn in a host of prominent GOP figures. Former President Donald Trump was expected to travel to the border this week.

The latest fight was initiated when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this month announced plans to build more barriers along the border.