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Ohio sends patrol, guardsmen to Texas to help with border surveillance

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has agreed to send 14 state troopers to the southern U.S. border at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday agreed to send 14 Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers to Texas to help with border surveillance.

DeWine said in a press release that he was sending the troopers for two weeks at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The Ohio troopers will not be making arrests.

Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, asked every state to send law enforcement to help and even make arrests of migrants who illegally crossed the border. The governors of Florida, South Dakota and others have offered police and state patrol officers in response.

More:Ohio to send 185 members of the Ohio Army National Guard to southern U.S. border later this year

Roughly 115 soldiers from the Ohio National Guard's 1484th Transportation Company are on active duty at the southern border at the request of the federal Department of Homeland Security and National Guard Bureau.


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