In opposition to the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant families, at least five governors, including two Republicans, say they will not send their National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Until this policy of separating children from their families has been rescinded, Maryland will not deploy any National Guard resources to the border," Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted Tuesday. He said he called back four crew members and a helicopter that were stationed in New Mexico.
On Monday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker canceled a planned deployment of the state's National Guard to the border, according to WGBH.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered four soldiers and one helicopter to return from Arizona "until the federal government ends its enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy that separates children from their parents."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo "In the face of this ongoing human tragedy, let me be very clear: New York will not be party to this inhumane treatment of immigrant families," he said in a statement Monday. "We will not deploy National Guard to the border, and we will not be complicit in a political agenda that governs by fear and division."
Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island said she hadn't been asked to deploy troops to the border but if she were she would decline.
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621446245/opposing-family-separation-governors-cancel-national-guard-troops-on-the-border
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